# Afghan cricket team in the United Arab Emirates in 2023–24

The Afghanistan men's cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in December 2023 and January 2024 to play three Twenty20 International (T20I) and two 50-over matches. This was Afghanistan second tour of the UAE this year, with Afghanistan winning the T20I series 2–1 in February 2023. The T20I series formed part of Afghanistan's preparation for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament. The dates for the tour were confirmed in December 2023.

## Squads

| United Arab Emirates | United Arab Emirates | Afghanistan | Afghanistan |
| 50-overs | T20Is | 50-overs | T20Is |
| Muhammad Waseem (c) Ayman Ahamed  Mayank Chowdary Rahul Chopra Muhammad Jawadullah Aayan Afzal Khan Nilansh Keswani Sagar Kalyan Dhruv Parashar Omid Rahman Akif Raja Tanish Suri (wk) Samal Udawaththa Muhammad Zuhaib | Muhammad Waseem (c) Vriitya Aravind (wk) Basil Hameed Muhammad Jawadullah Aayan Afzal Khan Nilansh Keswani Aryan Lakra Ali Naseer Dhruv Parashar Omid Rahman Akif Raja Khalid Shah (wk) Tanish Suri (wk) Junaid Siddique Samal Udawaththa | Hashmatullah Shahidi (c) Fareed Ahmad Ikram Alikhil (wk) Sharafuddin Ashraf Qais Ahmad Yamin Ahmadzai Mohammad Ishaq (wk) Riaz Hassan Gulbadin Naib Azmatullah Omarzai Abdul Rahman Zia-ur-Rehman Darwish Rasooli Bahir Shah Bilal Sami Rahmat Shah Ibrahim Zadran | Ibrahim Zadran (c) Fareed Ahmad Noor Ahmad Sediqullah Atal Sharafuddin Ashraf Qais Ahmad Fazalhaq Farooqi Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk) Naveen-ul-Haq Mohammad Ishaq (wk) Karim Janat Mohammad Nabi Azmatullah Omarzai Darwish Rasooli Mohammad Saleem Rahmat Shah Hazratullah Zazai Najibullah Zadran |
Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai, Ikram Alikhil, Rashid Khan and Gulbadin Naib were included in the Afghanistan T20I squad as reserves.

## 50-over series
### 1st 50-over match

* 25 December 2023 09:30 Scorecard
| Afghanistan 214 (47.2 overs) | v | United Arab Emirates Falcons 105 (30.4 overs) |
| Bahir Shah 44 (64) Akif Raja 3/40 (6.2 overs) | | Dhruv Parashar 38* (61) Yamin Ahmadzai 5/22 (6.4 overs) |
* Afghanistan won by 109 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Aasif Iqbal (UAE)
* United Arab Emirates Falcons won the toss and elected to field.

### 2nd 50-over match

* 27 December 2023 09:30 Scorecard
| Afghanistan 249/7 (50 overs) | v | United Arab Emirates Falcons 154 (42.2 overs) |
| Sharafuddin Ashraf 63* (41) Aayan Afzal Khan 3/15 (8 overs) | | Rahul Chopra 40 (71) Fareed Ahmad 3/17 (5 overs) |
* Afghanistan won by 95 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
* Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.

## T20I series
### 1st T20I

* 29 December 2023 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Afghanistan 203/3 (20 overs) | v | United Arab Emirates 131/4 (20 overs) |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz 100 (52) Aayan Afzal Khan 1/26 (4 overs) | | Vriitya Aravind 70* (64) Fazalhaq Farooqi 2/19 (4 overs) |
* Afghanistan won by 72 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Aasif Iqbal (UAE) and Shiju Sam (UAE) Player of the match: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afg)
* United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
* Tanish Suri and Samal Udawaththa (UAE) both made their T20I debuts.
* Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afg) scored his first century in T20Is.

### 2nd T20I

* 31 December 2023 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| United Arab Emirates 166/7 (20 overs) | v | Afghanistan 155 (19.5 overs) |
| Aryan Lakra 63 (47) Qais Ahmad 2/15 (3 overs) | | Mohammad Nabi 47 (27) Ali Naseer 4/24 (4 overs) |
* United Arab Emirates won by 11 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Shiju Sam (UAE) Player of the match: Ali Naseer (UAE)
* United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
* Dhruv Parashar (UAE) made his T20I debut.

### 3rd T20I

* 2 January 2024 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| United Arab Emirates 126/9 (20 overs) | v | Afghanistan 128/6 (18.3 overs) |
| Muhammad Waseem 27 (25) Naveen-ul-Haq 4/20 (4 overs) | | Hazratullah Zazai 36 (32) Junaid Siddique 2/32 (3.3 overs) |
* Afghanistan won by 4 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Aasif Iqbal (UAE) Player of the match: Naveen-ul-Haq (Afg)
* United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.