Ireland will have to bat very carefully if they want to win the match. If they lose wickets quickly, they have no chance of winning this match. Ireland's players will have to try to stay at the crease. Ireland have a number of hard hitting batsmen in their squad. If they do not lose wickets quickly, then Ireland can defeat Afghanistan in this match as well.
So far Ireland are favourite to win this contest. I haven't seen matches on Sharjah pitches for many years so can't say whether 152 are enough or not. Afghanistan need quick wickets and should not allow Ireland batsmen to settle. Rashid Khan is back in Afghanistan squad and has scored 25 vital runs toward the end of Afghanistan batting. In four overs Ireland score is 42 runs and they will win the match easily if they keep on going like that.