T20 World Cup Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live updates

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Unbeaten Pakistan looking for third win; Afghanistan will join Pakistan at the top of the group with a win.

Pakistan top of Group 2 with two wins out of two.

Afghanistan hammered Scotland by 130 runs in their first match.

Pakistan won the only T20 these sides have played against each other.

Afghanistan have won their last four T20 internationals.

Match starts at 6pm (14:00 GMT).

6 mins ago (13:34 GMT)

Afghanistan to bat

Afghanistan won the toss and have elected to bat.

Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Shahzad, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi (c), Asghar Afghan, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan, Naveen ul-Haq, Mujeeb ur-Rahman.

Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (c), Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi.

41 mins ago (12:59 GMT)

Who is winning today?

Well, you have Pakistan supporters (and former players) backing Pakistan ðŸ'‡:

Best wishes towards Team #pakistan Lets take the Crown Home today as well!!#PakvsAfg #T20WorldCup #pak pic.twitter.com/XmIoWQb7DO

â€" Saeed Ajmal (@REALsaeedajmal) October 29, 2021

Then you have Pakistan fans supporting both sides ðŸ'‡:

I am supporting both teams in today’s match Pakistan vs Afghanistan
we are brother country Whichever team does well today a will Win
❤🇵🇰🤝🇦🇫❤🏏ðŸ'#PakvsAfg #T20WorldCup #PAKvAFG

â€" Ali Hassan🇵🇰🇹🇷🇵🇸 (@AliHassan89624) October 29, 2021

50 mins ago (12:50 GMT)

Afghanistan put political trouble behind them

Afghanistan hammered Scotland in their opening match of the tournament, scoring 190-4, batting first before dismissing the opponents for just 60.

Spinners Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Rashid Khan shared nine wickets between them.

They are on a different ground with a much stronger opposition today but Pakistan will think twice before taking Afghanistan lightly.

1 hour ago (12:39 GMT)

Pakistan on verge of semi-finals

Pakistan came into the tournament after having their series against New Zealand and England cancelled. The Kiwis pulled out of their tour of Pakistan minutes before the start of the opening match. Three days later, England scrapped their tour.

Prior to that, three of their four T20 in the West Indies were rained off.

But they beat India by 10 wickets in their tournament opener before going past New Zealand. A win today and Pakistan will have a foot and some toes in the last-four.

Afridi (c) took two wickets in his first two overs against India [Satish Kumar/Reuters]

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