2.5 OUT! CAUGHT! What a gift to the home side. This was another half tracker and deserved to go out of the ground. Add to it, there was only one man in the deep on the leg side. Sahibzada Farhan tried to repeat the previous dose, going for another pull. But this time, he got too close to the ball and hence, could not quite direct the ball towards mid-wicket. Ends up hitting it much squarer and Ethan D'souza is waiting with glee to pouch that chance. The bowler is pumped up but he will know in his heart of hearts that he has gotten away with one. Farhan departs for 16 (11) and Pakistan are 28/1 after 2.5 overs! 28/1

4.1 OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Well, he was playing and missing outside that line of off stump all this while, from the other angle, that is, around the wicket by the right-armer and over the wicket to the left-armer. Eventually, he has nicked off from this angle, from over the wicket. Again, lack of footwork is the issue. On a length, around off, angling away, Saim Ayub looks to drive this through the covers but his feet are not to the pitch of the ball. Gets a thick outside edge, which is snaffled by the keeper, Rahul Chopra. Ayub does not walk off and the UAE players appeal and now, the umpire raises his finger. 11 (10) for Ayub and Pakistan are 35/2 after 4.1 overs! 35/2

5.4 OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! This is why Rohid was persisted with in the Powerplay! The length is banged in short this time, around middle and the Pakistan skipper is forced to play at that. But the ball bounces steeply and moves away late as well. Since Agha has already committed into the shot, he has a poke and this time, gets a thin outside edge to the keeper, Rahul Chopra. Salman Agha departs for 7 (5) and Pakistan are 50/3 with still 2 balls left in the Powerplay! 50/3

10 OUT! LBW! And Haider gets his man! Full and straight, Haris gets down for the sweep this time and misses. Is hit right in front of the sticks and the umpire has no qualms in raising his finger! Four dot balls on the trot built the pressure on Haris as he departs for 14 (17) and Pakistan are now 74/4 after 10 overs! 74/4

11.3 OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Second wicket for Haider Ali in the span of 4 balls! This is the reward for some excellent bowling. This was almost a replica of the first ball of this over. Full, around off, Hasan Nawaz tries his best to not go hard at the ball and comes half forward to defend. But the ball pitches, turns away a hint, takes the outside edge and the keeper, Rahul Chopra, takes a phenomenal catch at lightning speed behind the stumps! Initially, it seemed as if the bowler had cleaned the batter up but then the umpire raised his finger on the caught behind appeal. Hasan Nawaz departs for 4 (6) and Pakistan are now 80/5 after 11.3 overs! 80/5

17 OUT! TAKEN! Stunning catch from the Pakistani skipper! Shaheen takes pace off, and goes full and wide on off, making the batter to reach for it. Alishan Sharafu clears the front leg, and tries to smash it over mid off, but is too early into the shot, deceived by the lack of pace. Goes through the shot, but chips it over mid off. Salman Agha leaps on his right shoulder and takes a fine catch. That should be the game for Pakistan as the well-settled Alishan Sharafu departs on 68 (51). United Arab Emirates are 113/6. 113/6

6.1 OUT! CAUGHT! Spin breaks through for Pakistan. Tossed up, outside off, slower through the air, Muhammad Waseem gets down on a knee and aims for a massive slog sweep. But he is months early into the stroke, with the ball arriving much later. It pitches, spins away and takes the leading edge. Simple catch for Faheem Ashraf getting across to his right from backward point. Waseem departs for 19 (19) and United Arab Emirates are 41/1 after 6.1 overs, needing another 131 from 83 balls. 41/1

11 OUT! IN THE AIR, GONE! CAUGHT! Mohammad Nawaz strikes back strongly and breaks this 31-run partnership. This is pitched behind a couple of yards of the fuller length, sliding into the batter. Ethan D'souza goes deep inside the crease and shapes to pull it behind deep square leg. But the connection is not that great and the ball goes only as far as Saim Ayub, stationed at deep square leg. He takes a simple catch. D'souza goes for 9 (14) and United Arab Emirates are 72/2. 72/2

12.3 OUT! CAUGHT! Nearly a collision in the middle but the catch is taken in the end. Abrar gets his second. Tossed up, outside off, Asif looks to slog this down the ground but is early into the stroke. Additionally, the ball comes slowly off the surface as well. Asif mistimes this high in the air and two people go for the catch - long on running in and long off running across. In the end, though there is no calling, Shaheen Afridi keeps his cool from long on and ensures that he takes the catch, despite Mohammad Nawaz nearly running into him from long off. Asif departs for 7 (5) and from 72/1, United Arab Emirates are now 84/3! Equation - 88 runs, 45 balls. 84/3

12.5 OUT! OUTFOXED! LBW! Abrar Ahmed continues to weave magic and mystery with the ball and gets a double whammy! Number 3 for him in this fixture! Dishes out a deceptive googly, landing it around middle and getting the ball to drift and spin back into the batter, on a length. Rahul Chopra is undone as he does not read the wrong 'un off the wrist. Goes into the crease and is very late to react as well. Before he could bring his bat across to block, the ball thuds his thigh pad. A theaterical appeal from Abrar and the keeper and the finger goes up. But was that sliding down leg? Rahul Chopra has to depart for a two-ball duck. UAE further slip down to 84/4. 84/4

15 OUT! GONE! CAUGHT! Number 4 for Abrar Ahmed and half of the UAE side is into the sheds now. Abrar completes his spell with extremely economical figures of 4-0-9-4. Fired on the stumps, flat and full, Harshit Kaushik sits down to play the slog sweep, but mistimes it badly. Gets too much height but there is not much power to sail it behind. Faheem Ashraf at backward square leg takes a simple catch. 102/5

19.3 OUT! HAIDER ALI IS RUN OUT! Another one bites the dust. The yorker is speared in, on off, Haider tries to go inside out over cover, but mistimes it in the air. The ball goes off the toe end, and drops in between the cover and mid off fielders. Haider is keen to take the double, but Dhruv sends him back. Seeing Dhruv not moving a muscle, Haider is forced to retreat from almost halfway. Glimpsing this, Salman Agha collects the ball and has enough time to release the throw to the bowler. Faheem calmly collects the ball and breaks the stumps with Haider out of his crease by a fair margin. 132/7