Overview
- Pakistan posted 135/3 in six overs at Tin Kwong Road, powered by captain Abbas Afridi’s 11-ball 52 and Abdul Samad’s 42.
- Kuwait were dismissed for 92 in 5.1 overs as Maaz Sadaqat claimed three wickets and Muhammad Shahzad halted the early onslaught by Adnan Idrees.
- Debutants Kuwait reached a maiden final after defeating England in the semifinal, with Meet Bhavsar’s 62 driving their upset run.
- The champions advanced by edging Australia by one run in a tense semifinal after an earlier DLS group-stage defeat to India.
- PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi publicly congratulated the side as Shahzad’s Hardik Pandya–style celebration and reply to Dinesh Karthik drew viral attention.