Pakistan may win against UAE today. But in order to qualify for finals, it will have to beat UAE, SL and BD. If Pak loses to BD, it will be curtains for our team. BD has 4 points (2 wins) and if it beats Pak, it will be through to finals - with India.

PCB has committed a blunder that all cricketing nations are aghast about. They were naive enough not to choose Misbah as Captain for this short version. Misbah gave them the oppertunity by bringing United from bottom to the top , but our PCB were too dumb to take notice.

Pak will win this match with ease but the contest between Pakistan and Bangladesh will be worth watching as both team are of equal calibre at present.

Totally agree with Jadeja, Afridi should have retired after wining 20, 20 world cup back in 2009 after that Afridi have only performed well in Asia Cup 2014 rest of the history is well known to every one.

i see hafeez...afridi.....malik and akmal scoring plus 30 scores.....and getting license for next 10 yrs.......

afridi will score a century against them and will cement his position for 100 matches....

As long as we have mediocre players likes of Hafeez, Malik,Sharjeel, Afridi,Khuram manzoor we have no chance of winning any big competition, overrated Ahmed Shehzad gets dropped & they pick Sharjeel? who has already been tested tried and FAILED!! After Sharjeel fails Ahmed shehzad will be back once again! brainless Afridi needs to resign and retire asap and take all useless players along with him PCB must act now to save Pakistan from getting embarrassed. I wonder what has happened to Harris sohail?

Misbah despite his age should be in the team. Unfortunately our public, PCB and other stakeholders don't understand cricket. Tell me who can better than Misbah? If there were alternatives then fine....but the fact is we don't have any batsmen. Look at the guys who are available they don't even look like professional,sports man! Shockingly unfit both physically and mentally. Beating UAE won't prove anything. This team is not fit to play in the world T 20. Sorry. To arrive late unprepared and say the conditions surprised them is worthy of sacking!

I hope these Pak players lose all their matches. These same guys play like champions in league cricket such as the recent PSL but when it comes to playing for Pakistan, they make up excuses to defend their failure. And Jadeja is spot on about Afridi!

BD and India will play final!!!!

or Pakistan will have to include performers like Razzaq and Fawad etc.

Shahid Afridi (capt.), Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Sami, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal ..they are all fired bullets which never fires! it means they are useless! Parchi system still rolling!corruption everywhere!

@Rizwan Haider I too had this question..Harris Sohail looked promising when i last sawhim..he needed to be persisted with. If he was dropped because of bad forms that happens to best of player for a long time even but need to back him

Could be a Pakistan vs Pakistan (A/B/C...) but a much better approach by UAE against this bowling attack than what Pakistan did against India, showing a more mature attitude towards the game.

FB: ''but a much better approach by UAE against this bowling attack than what Pakistan did against India''-truth is Amir lost it..it only happens once in blue moon day...We have seen it with wahab riaz..sami..shoaib aktar..

Dubai,Abu dhabi is bashing Pakistan...Concentrate on it 63/4

Honestly speaking there is no comparison between UAE and Pakistan but yet Shaiman Anwar has shown us mirror by playing at 29 not out where against our highest individual score was from Sarfraz at 25. Wait may be they slap us on both cheeks by scoring more than 83. Iqbal Hadi Zaidi / Former Pakistani Diplomat

afridi didn't want to look the weakest link in the bowling, so he gave shoaib a chance...

UAE slapped on our both cheeks if we realize and I need not elucidate it. See UAE score and compared it with our score against India. Well done UAE. Iqbal Hadi Zaidi / Former Pakistani Diplomat in Kuwait

mediocrity at its best. what use of possessing the best pace attack in asia when you aren't even capable of using it effectively??

even UAE batsmen can score more than pathatic pakistani batting and likes of Umar Akmal, Hafeez and Afridi.

Amjad Javed, Captain is a bowler but he came out leaving behind wicket keeper and scoring at double the speed and our Afridi should learn from him to be courageous and not timid if one is the captain. Iqbal Hadi Zaidi

100 up...No Words to Express ....Pakistan can They defend...If Not..I would advice pakistan to Take a Long break rather than insulting their citizens..

right now UAE are around 100 in 16 overs..if they manage around 40 runs in last 4 overs then total will be around 140 which would be curtains for pakistan

Shameful bowling. Matter of shame for all of us.

I would blame Afridi..His attitude towards the team is very ad..never under estimate any team or b over confident... I admire Dhoni in this case....You had PSL in Dubai..Now Dubai will loose respect on you.

I hope Pak team will at least give some fight before loosing. And please have some mercy on your TVs; don't break them!

Earlier Shaiman hit 3 boundaries in one over from Afridi and now Javed hit 2 sixes in one over. At leaset I am ashamed if not others. Newly born dragging the legend on fire. Iqbal Hadi Zaidi / Kuwiat

Aaqib has done a much batter job with UAE team grooming and enhancing players' mentality and resilience than his counterparts in Pakistan.

UAE already scored 118 after losing 6 wkts and last over is to be bowled proves they are much better than us and Pakistan should win the game in 10 to 12 overs and not till the end to prove it superior. Iqbal Hadi Zaidi

last game for mohammed shami

UAE is not good at rotating the strike, otherwise it could have been 160 that could have been Himalayan task for pak batsmen

@Azad : No, he still hasn't crossed the border yet. Waqar is still stuck with Sami.

Any Pak fan watching this match should be worried.. poor spin bowling.. poor fielding.. conceded 129 to UAE.. add at least 30 for any other competing team.. is Pak capable of chasing 160?..

130 by minnows UAE good enough to test the mettle of Pakistani batting lineup. UAE also bowls well.Beware now !

Sorry, not impressed. Winning against novice is no win.

Time to bring back Imran and Javed Miandad.. Sad..

Go Pakistan go. You must reach finals. There can't be better opponent for India in the finals.

Just quick recap. UAE batsmen hit 6 sixes and 12 boundaries and they scored at the rate of 6.45 and that too against giant Pakistan which means we shall have to score at much higher rate if we want to win. Iqbal Hadi Zaidi / Kuwait

Pak u can do it...

How come we could not bowl out the team from UAE with the BEST bowling attack!

Fantastic figure to look at and clap. 1/11 Mabrook but to whom UAE or Pakistan-U decide not me. Iqbal Hadi Zaidi / Kuwait

Another Pakistan batsman is gone but score remains same. Congratulation to ___________ fill in the blanks. Iqbal Hadi Zaidi / Former Pakistani Diplomat in Kuwait

After watching this I am 100% sure there is a great need of counseling to pak cricket team because they all not mentally sound!!

Pakistan team will give a fight till end.....

17/3 now..hafeez gone

@drive123 : end doesn't seem far...

Indian team is not as strong as it sounds. This UAE team is doing much better than Indians.

@Bipul Look at ICC T20 rating brother...!! who is GOOD

17/3 against UAE need i say more @ ZAK ..

This game belongs to UAE.

Is it Pakistan playing with 3 wickets down for just 17 runs against UAE?

Some serious batting practice for Pakistan at 17 for 3.

Even with the bowler like Amir who gave just 6 runs from his 4 overs, UAE ended up on 129! Who was claiming that Pakistan has the best bowling line up in the tournament? Right now Pakistan are 17/3 from 4.3 overs. Things not looking good. Even if you win, surely no one will celebrate with this kind of victory.

So who are these top order batsmen...where did we find them and who selected them? Also do these guys know that they have to bat?

@drive123 To UAE??? Wow... that's a sad comment ... if pakistan has to give fight UNTIL END to a team like UAE... then futures good. ..ehh

No chance for a better win for Pakistan today as well, even if they win they will have to struggle hell out. With this team they are supposed to play world cup LOL!.

Never expected this match to be so thrilling.. well done UAE..

Did I hear Afridi reconsidering his retirement from T20?..

So the best bowling in the world with the best bowler in the world could not get UAE all out?

Looks like Waqar & Afridi have forgotten about improving the NRR .. ir's -1.34..

the So caled proclaimed by Pakistanis as their bowlers are best in the world couldn't even manage to take uae all out.what a shame.and the best part is that uae made 130 in such a difficult pitch. Where bowlers get full advantage so now Pakistanis know where they stand after this match.

Bring Shezad back.

lagta hai aaj fir sabko batting milegi.. reminds me of my childhood time when we used to fight for batting..

wow first SIXXXXXXXXXX

@Ajay : I'd own up claiming that and would still stand by that statement. It's just that it wasn't used wisely by the captain...

Congratulations to Pakistan, and to Aaqib as well, he has mentored his UAE team quite well and they are putting up stiff resistance to all the teams in tournament.

Wot sort of time has come......Now fans have to celebrate victory of Pakistan over UAE.....

Very well played Pakistan.. Held their nerves in tough situations.. Excellent innings by Shoaib and Akmal..

Easy to win against UAE. There was no need to be so happy scoring 50's against novice. I'll clap when they'll score against SL or India.

Consolation win. Pakistan had to bad all the way to win the match very well proves that UAE is very much nearing to be on the top of the ladder at some stage. Honestly speaking had Pakistan completed the target within 10 o4 12 overs then I had praised Pakistan but in the given situation it is consolation win. Iqbal Hadi Zaidi

Congratulations to Team Pakistan. First they should have out UAE in less than 90 runs & then batted to victory within 16 overs. They will have to play consistent cricket.

Struggling against UAE!

This is a horrible bowling attack. Aside from Mohammed Amir everyone was hit for sixes. There is no one in Pak bowling to complement Mohammed Amir. It is sad but Pak needs Mohammed Asif back if they want to win.

Pakistan top three batting problem continues. They should bring in the dependable Shan Masood and Ahmad Shahzad.

Congratulations Pakistan. Well,I have to admit that in my heart I feel pity for Pakistani fans because they will have to bear Akmal and Malik for another 50 matches for their fifties against minnows UAE. T20 is a fast and furious game and India is doing well because most of its players are very young. Pakistani cricket board should take bold step and remove all non performing senior players. India is doing well even without Tendulkar,Sehwag,Ganguly of Dravid. Bowlers like Ishant Sharma,Praveen Kumar,Zaheer Khan,Irfan Pathan,R P Singh,Harbhajan Singh,Amit Mishra,Dhawal Kulkarni,etc even do not get chance.Unfortunately,I am hearing names of Malik and Afridi in Pak team for decades. Even much younger Dhoni finds place only in the T20 team ! Perform or perish should be the rule of the game for Pakistan to win consistently against big teams.

Last 5 overs UAE bowling was very poor, full toss, short ball, then dropped catches, lead to loose the match.

Sharjeel, nawaz PSL duds .finally it's only the old timers shinning

Please give Hafiz atleast one match rest.

Sharjeel , Manzoor and Hafeez should go. If they can not score against UAE. They are no good.

Wht Khurram Manzoor was selected? There should be some criteria for selection but our pathetic selection system, nepotism and corruption have completely destroyed Pakistan cricket, the mediocre players like Afridi, Hafeez , Umar Akmal and Shoaib Malik needs to be thrown out of the team. They have played for so many years and still they dont know the basics. They perform in One match usually against a weak team and cement their place for a year in the team.

If pakistan's opening line up will collapse like this, then we are destined to lose against bangladesh and sri lanka and severe beating by india again in finals :)

@Zak ya players who are dropped always seems better than the players in the eleven but sorry shahzad is rightly dropped..I would rather back sami aslam for both odi and t20 as opener instead of picking shahzad again and again

Riaz ..md sami should be dropped from this team ..riaz should also be dropped from odi as well ...he is just getting in the team for that one spell in WC ...amir junaid. Should be the opening bowling pair of Pakistan in all formats...

@Rohit Singh He had a knee surgery so he out for 4 months.

@Viking Star Pakistan will win all and qualify.

surprisingly minnos, U.A.E. gave anxious moments to pakisthan until 15 overs and dragged the match upto 19th.over! at the end better team won. U.A.E. fielding was sloppy. did not support bowling. catch dropped of akmal!cost them the match!