Pakistan win by five wickets for third straight victory
Pak 148-5 (19 overs): Babar 51 (47), Fakhar 30 (25), Asif 25 (7); Rashid 2-26
Afg 147-6 (20 overs): Nabi 35 (32), Gulbadin 35 (25); Imad 2-25
The game?
Oh no!
Babar Azam looks to slog Rashid Khan away but he gets a leading edge and it loops up towards Naveen-Ul-Haq at backward point and he had to take two or three steps but he gets there easily but spills the chance.
A shocker.
Liam Plunkett
England 2019 World Cup winner on BBC Test Match Special
That's a great shot. He's got so much experience, he'll back himself to take down any bowler. It's the perfect start to the over because it takes all the pressure off.
Need 32 from 22 balls
Fetch that!
Most people would be thinking about milking Rashid Khan but Shoaib Malik gets down and slog sweeps over long-on for an enormous six.
Great shot.
Liam Plunkett
England 2019 World Cup winner on BBC Test Match Special
What could they possibly be saying to Rashid Khan that he doesn't know already?!
Henry Moeran
BBC Test Match Special
This over is Afghanistan's trump card.
Rashid Khan is going to bowl out. Big call.
This could get the required run-rate rocketing but it could also relieve some pressure.
Henry Moeran
BBC Test Match Special
I need to know what moisturiser Shoaib Malik uses.
Liam Plunkett
England 2019 World Cup winner on BBC Test Match Special
That is not the ball to bowl to Shoaib Malik, but he might've put the bowler off his rhythm by moving about in his crease.
Need 38 from 24 balls
You can't bowl there.
Karim Janat gives Shoaib Malik far too much width and the 39-year-old throws his hands at the ball and it flies to the backward point boundary.
Does Rashid Khan bowl out here?
Henry Moeran
BBC Test Match Special
Listen to that roar! But he knows this isn't about personal milestones. He wants to win the game for his team.
Another half-century for Babar Azam. He's got three in his last four T20s now.
Can he see his side home?
Only four bowlers have taken 100 T20 international wickets and Rashid Khan is the fastest by far in terms of innings...
Liam Plunkett
England 2019 World Cup winner on BBC Test Match Special
Babar Azam knows he needs to be there at the end.
Need 47 from 30 balls
Shoaib Malik is up and running with a single down to fine leg.
The required run-rate has snuck up to 9.40 by the way.
It feels like Afghanistan are squeezing, but they only have one over of spin left.
Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special
Shoaib Malik is so experienced. He's had a 22-year-long international career! He's just the man Pakistan need here.
The 39-year-old Shoaib Malik is the new batter.
Liam Plunkett
England 2019 World Cup winner on BBC Test Match Special
I wonder whether that was the plan, whether Babar had said to Hafeez "I'll stay here, you go and take the attack to Rashid."
Hafeez c Gulbadin c Rashid Khan 10 (Pak 97-3)
A 100th T20 international wicket for Rashid Khan!
Mohammad Hafeez looks to slog sweep but doesn't get the required connection and Gulbadin Naib runs in to take a simple catch at deep mid-wicket. He pulls out the bicep celebration for good measure too.
Rashid Khan joins Shakib Al Hasan, Lasith Malinga and Tim Southee in reaching the landmark. He's done in just 54 matches, the quickest by far.
Here's how Fakhar Zaman was out.
Need 51 from 36 balls
Cardinal sin from Mohammad Nabi as he oversteps and gifts Pakistan a free hit. Fortunately for Afghanistan Mohammad Hafeez doesn't quite connect cleanly and is actually caught on the boundary but they jog through for a single.
Eight from the over.
Who do you fancy from here? Thumbs up for Pakistan. Thumbs down for Afghanistan.