Pakistan team suffered a big setback in the ongoing Under-19 ODI tri-series in Dubai. In the final match, Afghanistan defeated Pakistan by 21 runs. Batting first, Afghanistan team scored 250 runs in 50 overs, in reply Pakistan team got bundled out for 229 runs in 48 overs. Barkat Ibrahimzai played an inning of 79 runs in Afghanistan's victory. Nazif Amiri also scored 56 runs. Faisal Shinozada contributed 41 runs. For Pakistan, Haroon Arshad scored 70 runs and Shahjib Khan scored 53 runs but both could not lead the team to victory.

Strength of Afghan bowlers

The Afghanistan team had scored only 250 runs, so it was very difficult for its bowlers to save this score. But the Afghan bowlers bowled tremendously. Naseer Khan Marufkhil took 2 wickets for 38 runs. Nuristani Omarzai also took 2 wickets. Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar got one wicket. Let us tell you that Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar has been bought by Mumbai Indians for Rs 4.8 crore in IPL. Afghan players celebrated hugely after the victory over Pakistan. In fact, in this tri-series, both the teams had clashed twice before in which the Afghan team won one match and Pakistan got success in the other but Afghanistan won in the final.

AFGHANISTAN U19 DEFEATED PAKISTAN U19 IN FINAL MATCH OF TRI-SERIES!!.. pic.twitter.com/435PKfaMZA

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Top batsman-bowler of tri series

The top batsman of this tri-series held in Dubai was Faisal Shinozada who scored 367 runs in 5 matches at an average of 91.75. This player hit 20 sixes and 20 fours in the series. Shinozada's best score was 156 runs. Pakistan's opener Shahzeb Khan stood second by scoring 330 runs.

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Talking about bowling, left arm spinner Naseer Khan Maroofkhil remained on top. This player took 12 wickets in 5 matches. Pakistan's Abdul Subhan took 9 wickets.