Pakistan is set to take part in a tri-nation series alongside Afghanistan and the UAE ahead of the Asia Cup 2025. Find out how to watch the live coverage in India.

Before the 2025 edition of the Asia Cup, the Pakistani team will participate in the tri-series to be held on the soil of the UAE. The cricket teams of Afghanistan, Pakistan & UAE will participate in this tri-series. Ahead of the Asia Cup, the Pakistani team will try to gain momentum by performing well in this bilateral event.

Live broadcast will come on Eurosports channel

The live streaming of the tri-series matches will be available on the Fancode app in India. For this, fans will have to download the Fancode app on their phones. These matches will be broadcasted live on the Eurosports channel. All the matches of the tri-series will be played at Sharjah's Sharjah Cricket Stadium. All the matches will commence at 8:30 pm IST (Indian Standard Time). The toss will take place half an hour earlier.

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Pakistan will play its first match against Afghanistan

In the tri-series, the Green Shirts will take on Afghanistan in their opening encounter on the 29th of August. The Pakistani team is led by Salman Ali Agha while The captaincy duties of the Afghans is being handled by Rashid Khan. After this, the Pakistani team will play a match against UAE on 30 August. Then it will play a match against Afghanistan on 2 September and against UAE on 4 September.

This is the record of both the teams in T20 International Cricket

A total of 7 matches have been played between Pakistan and Afghanistan in T20I cricket so far, out of which Pakistan has won 4 and Afghanistan has won 3 matches. In such a situation, the Salman Ali Agha-led side have a slight upper hand.

Pakistan team squad for tri series:

Salman Ali Agha (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Sufyan Mokim.

Afghanistan Team squad for tri series:

Rashid Khan (captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Darwish Rasooli, Sediqullah Atal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Karim Janat, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mohammad Ishaq, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Allah Ghazanfar, Noor Ahmed, Farid Malik, Naveen-ul-Haq and Fazalhaq Farooqi.

UAE Squad for tri series:

Muhammad Waseem (c), Muhammad Jawadullah, Harshit Kaushik, Asif Khan, Rohid Khan, Saghir Khan, Ethan D’Souza, Muhammad Farooq, Dhruv Parashar, Alishan Sharafu, Aryansh Sharma, Junaid Siddique, Haider Ali, Rahul Chopra, Muhammad Zohaib

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