Pakistan beat Afghanistan by three wickets in the Super Four match of the Asia Cup in Abu Dhabi on Friday.
 
Afghanistan scored 257-6 in their 50 overs which Pakistan chased down in 49.3 overs for the loss of seven wickets at Abu Dhabi stadium.
 
After Asghar Afghan, the Afghanistan captain, won the toss and decided to bat first, Mohammad Shahzad and Ihsanullah opened their innings, whereas Usman Shinwari and Shaheen Afridi shared the new ball for Pakistan.
 
Afghan player Hashmatullah Shahidi smashed 97 and captain Asghar Afghan hit 67 runs to lift Afghanistan to fighting score of 257.
 
Chasing 258 for win Pakistan got off to a terrible start but a 154 run partnership between Babar Azam and Imam-ul-Haq laid the foundation of the win for Pakistan.
 
Pakistani player Shaoib Malik hit a six and a four off the second and the third ball of the last over to take Pakistan to victory.
 
In bowling Afghan players Rashid Khan got three wickets, Mujeeb Ur Rahman got two wickets and Gulbadin Naib also got one wicket.
 
This was the first loss of Afghanistan cricket team in Asia Cup 2018 and expected to go against Bangladesh on Sunday in the four match of the Asa cup 2018.
 
This comes after previously Afghan cricket team has beaten Bangladesh cricket team by 136 runs in the 2018 Asia Cup as they showed an excellent team performance on Thursday evening.