2025 United Arab Emirates T20I Tri-Nation Series
International cricket tournament
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The 2025 United Arab Emirates T20I Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament which was held from 29 August to 7 September 2025 in the United Arab Emirates.[1][2][3] The participating teams were the hosts United Arab Emirates, along with the men's national teams of Afghanistan and Pakistan, with the matches played in Twenty20 International (T20I) format.[4][5][6] The tournament was played in a double round-robin format, with the top two teams advancing for the final. The tri-series formed part of the preparation of all participating teams for the 2025 Asia Cup.[7] All the matches were played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.[8]
Date29 August–7 September 2025
LocationUnited Arab Emirates
Result
Pakistan won the series
Pakistan won the seriesPlayer of the seriesMohammad Nawaz (Pak)
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| Date | 29 August–7 September 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | United Arab Emirates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | Pakistan won the series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player of the series | Mohammad Nawaz (Pak) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Squads
 Afghanistan[9] |
Pakistan[10] |
 United Arab Emirates[11] |
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Round-robin
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Pakistan |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1.037 | Advanced to the final |
| 2 | Afghanistan |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0.262 | |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates (H) |
4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −1.300 |
Fixtures
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
- Harshit Kaushik (UAE) made his T20I debut.
- Rashid Khan (Afg) took his 165th wicket in T20Is, becoming the highest wicket-taker in men's T20Is, going past Tim Southee (164).[13]
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar (Afg) made his T20I debut.
- Fakhar Zaman (Pak) played in his 100th T20I match,[14] and scored his 2,000th run in T20Is.
- Mohammad Nabi (Afg) took his 100th wicket in T20Is.[15]
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Junaid Siddique became the first player to take 100 wickets for UAE in men's T20Is.[16][17]
Final
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rashid Khan (Afg) played in his 100th T20I match.[18]
- Mohammad Nawaz (Pak) took his first hat-trick and five wicket haul in T20Is.[19][20]
Notes
- Ibrahim Zadran captained Afghanistan in the 6th T20I.