Captain Babar praised the Afghans for reaching the finals of the Asia Cup

Naseem Shah's incredible finishing and Shadab Khan's great performance with the bat, Pakistan lost to Afghanistan by 1 wicket. They confirmed the final with one match in hand.

After winning the toss, Pakistan welcomed Afghanistan to bat. Afghanistan started relatively well. They could not hold it. Basically, Afghanistan could not stand in front of the controlled bowling of Pakistan's bowlers. On the other hand, they collected only 129 runs by batting the prescribed 20 overs based on Rashid Khan's 18 runs.

Chasing the target of 130 runs, Pakistan lost the ball early on. After failing in the first three matches, the Pakistan captain could not score any runs on this day. Farooqui gave him a great start by returning him for zero runs. After sending back Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman was also sent back in a run-out trap.

After handling the shock, at one time their situation was 3 wickets for 86 runs and from there they called a batting collapse. However, Naseem Shah hit two sixes in the last over to give Pakistan a one-wicket victory. Pakistan confirmed the final.

Team captain Babar Azam did not forget to praise the team players after winning the match. He also praised the opposing players. He also recalled the past.

Babar Azam said, to be honest we were very nervous. We were going back and forth in the dressing room. But Naseem Shah finished brilliantly. On Sharjah ground, runs are already low and Mujeeb Rashid Khan are two excellent bowlers, they are very difficult to deal with. This 6 by Nasim Shah reminds me of that famous 6 by Javed Miandad.

It should be noted that as a result of this victory, Pakistan reached the final where their opponents were Sri Lanka. They last met in 2014 in the final of the Asia Cup.