In the UAE tri-series, Afghanistan secured a win against Pakistan, avenging their earlier defeat. Afghanistan won the fourth match of the series against Pakistan by 18 runs. Prior to this match, Afghanistan had defeated UAE. Afghanistan showed a strong performance against Pakistan. Pakistani batsmen struggled against the Afghan spinners. The defeat against Afghanistan caused a lot of criticism and mockery of Pakistan on social media.
Pakistan’s batting performance against Afghanistan was poor. Haris Rauf, a fast bowler, scored the most runs for Pakistan. Social media users posted various comments. One fan wrote: “You must clearly remember what Shoaib Akhtar had said—he was absolutely right. This was the Sharjah pitch, but when they have to play on the Dubai pitch, remember, they won’t even be able to score 130.”
Another fan wrote that their team is a joke.
Another fan wrote that Haris Rauf was the top striker for Pakistan with a strike rate of 212.50. Babar Azam, despite being Pakistan’s highest T20I run-scorer, never achieved this feat in his entire T20I career.
During this time, one fan slammed the Pakistan cricket team. He wrote on social media X, “We kept saying again and again that on these pitches, these waste players wont be effective—the team needs Babar Azam. But they didnt care, and today Afghanistan easily defeated Pakistan and proved that all these players are just waste material.”
Another fan wrote that Pakistan is losing this match due to their own mistakes. They allowed Afghanistan to keep coming back at regular intervals.
In the match, Afghanistan scored 169 runs for the loss of five wickets in 20 overs. In response, Pakistan could only score 151 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs, and lost by 18 runs.