Published on, Sept. 18 -- September 18, 2025 6:59 AM

After all the drama in the lead-up to the Pakistan and UAE match of the Asia Cup, Green Shirts on Wednesday secured a comprehensive victory by 41 runs to set up a clash against archrivals India on Sunday.

Playing first after being put to bat, Green Shirts scored 146 runs for the loss of nine wickets thanks to a fifty from Fakhar Zaman and a fiery knock of 29 runs off 14 balls from pacer Shaheen Afridi.

Simranjeet Singh was the pick of the bowlers for the UAE as he ended with figures of 3-26.

In reply, UAE were bowled out for 105 runs as bowlers hand Green Shirts a comprehensive win after batting faltered. Abrar Ahmed, Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf took two wickets each.

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