Pakistan and Afghanistan pen UAE T20 tri-series before Asia Cup

Tri-series betwixt UAE, Pakistan and Afghanistan hastily penned arsenic warm-up for Asia Cup and T20 World Cup.

The United Arab Emirates volition big a Twenty20 tri-series including Afghanistan and Pakistan aboriginal this month, arsenic portion of the teams’ buildup for adjacent year’s T20 World Cup.

Sharjah volition big each 7 games of the tri-series, starting August 29. Teams play against each different doubly earlier the apical 2 suffice for the final.

Pakistan and Afghanistan person already secured nonstop qualification for the T20 World Cup to beryllium jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka. UAE could besides qualify, but it has to play ICC’s Asia-East Asia and Pacific qualifiers successful Oman successful October.

Afghanistan, which finished seventh successful the past T20 World Cup, hasn’t played a T20 since a bilateral bid against Zimbabwe precocious past year. Pakistan is presently playing a T20 bid against the West Indies successful the United States.

The tri-series volition beryllium followed by the Asia Cup, besides scheduled to beryllium held successful the UAE, from September 9, erstwhile Afghanistan takes connected Hong Kong successful the opening game.

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