Afghanistan started what could possibly be its final collection earlier than suspension by clinching a five-wicket win over the UAE within the opening sport of a three-match T20 collection on Thursday.

After the house aspect made 142 for 5, Afghanistan reached its goal with 5 balls to spare.

Karim Janat top-scored with 53, his second T20 International half-century. His runs got here off 38 balls and featured two fours and three sixes.

Afsar Zazai hit 48 from 40 balls with 4 boundaries and two sixes.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is below growing strain to ban Afghanistan from the game in response to the governing Taliban’s crackdown on girls’s rights.

Australia controversially pulled out of a deliberate three-match collection towards the Asian aspect in January in protest over hardline restrictions which embrace a ban on girls participating in sport within the nation.

The ICC is because of talk about the problem of Afghanistan, which is the one high nation with out a girls’s workforce, at a gathering in March.

Earlier on Thursday, the UAE was put in to bat and skipper Chundangapoyil Rizwan high scored with 48 from 41 balls.

His innings included two boundaries and two sixes.

Rizwan placed on 75 for the second wicket with Muhammad Waseem (33).

Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan took two for 34 in his 4 overs, dismissing Waseem after which Basil Hameed for a duck in successive balls.

The remaining two video games additionally happen at Abu Dhabi on Saturday and Sunday.