Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    5.3 Got 'I'm! Jaskaran holds his nerve, Gurbaz goes for another sprint down but ends up slashing high into the Chennai night sky... out to deep point tracking that from the boundary, taken a few feet out from the 30-yard circle 47/1
    not out
    95
    56
    103
    7
    5
    169.64
    5.6 Pinned on the front pad, fullest of the lot... huge appeal but not out on the field... reviewed... and given! Amazed that wasn't given out immediately, but Canada have their second in four deliveries! Ploughing into leg stump, an excellent end to the powerplay 49/2
    15.5 Sediqullah holes out! Hard length and he doesn't get hold of this one, skewing a slog down to long-on. No danger of this one being dropped by Heyliger. Decent knock from Sediq, but he had to try and kick on. Third wicket of the night for Jaskaran, meanwhile 144/3
    18.1 hoicked into the hands of long-on! Full and straight, looked like a slot ball, to be fair... but Omarzai doesn't get the connection on his mow down the ground and it's a comfortable catch for the man back 175/4
    not out
    4
    4
    10
    0
    0
    100
    Extras
    13 (b 6, lb 1, nb 1, w 5)
    TOTAL
    200/4 (20 Overs, RR: 10)
    Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 5.3 ov), 2-49 (Gulbadin Naib, 5.6 ov), 3-144 (Sediqullah Atal, 15.5 ov), 4-175 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 18.1 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Kaleem Sana302307.6681110
    D Heyliger4041110.2544110
    DS Bajwa30180662000
    Jaskaran Singh405231354231
    Saad Bin Zafar3035011.6621300
    AP Patel30240862100
  • BATSMEN
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    5.2 Samra goes! Nabi around the wicket, entices a big shot down the ground but enough turn brings a big leading edge, comfortably taken by Azmatullah at point 33/3
    2.2 Two belting shots... but he's out now! Gives himself room and has an agricultural swipe, attempting to get through the off side, but there's turn out the back of the hand, and leg stump is rocked! 25/1
    3.5 Straight to backward point! The 37-year old goes without trouble the scorers. A poor innings, all told, but lovely scenes as Rashid Khan shakes Dhaliwal's hand and gives him a hug as he departs, going after width and paying for it this time. Canada's leading T20I runscorer walks off for the final time 30/2
    15.1 top-edged to the edge of the ring! This wicket of the night for the President! Harsh falls after a dogged knock. Tossed up from round the wicket and he went for the big mow across the line. Well held by Mujeeb from on high at short fine leg 101/6
    7.2 Launched Hugh... and caught by Ibrahim Zadran! Easy as you like, shuffling in front long on 43/4
    8.6 Brilliantly taken at backward square leg! Delivered from a foot behind the stumps, full-ish in front of off, Movva gets low and sweeps this flat to Zia Ur Rahman, who charges in and lunges forward to make a tricky catch look simply. Sharp work from both bowler and fielder 48/5
    16.5 bowled 'im! Rashid goes round the wicket and defeats the hoick from Bin Zafar. Think it was a googly, or topspinner, zipped on to clip the top of the stumps as he swung all around it 105/7
    17.1 skied to point... taken by Gurbaz Ahmadzai! He was almost wiped out by Gurbaz in the process. Both players wearing smiles in the end. Not sure about the calling, but Abdollah is much the taller, and plucked it from just above the keeper's gloves. Gurbaz ends up on his back, with his team-mates casting him a bemused look 105/8
    not out
    7
    13
    16
    0
    1
    53.84
    not out
    2
    5
    14
    0
    0
    40
    Extras
    6 (lb 5, w 1)
    TOTAL
    118/8 (20 Overs, RR: 5.9)
    Did not bat: Kaleem Sana
    Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Dilpreet Bajwa, 2.2 ov), 2-30 (Navneet Dhaliwal, 3.5 ov), 3-33 (Yuvraj Samra, 5.2 ov), 4-43 (Nicholas Kirton, 7.2 ov), 5-48 (Shreyas Movva, 8.6 ov), 6-101 (Harsh Thaker, 15.1 ov), 7-105 (Saad Bin Zafar, 16.5 ov), 8-105 (Dilon Heyliger, 17.1 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Mujeeb Ur Rahman402315.75113000
    Azmatullah Omarzai20181971200
    Mohammad Nabi40741.75170000
    Abdollah Ahmadzai302207.33103100
    Rashid Khan401924.75141100
    Ziaur Rahman30240893110

Match Details

Toss

Canada , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.20

Match days

19 February 2026 - night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Afghanistan 2, Canada 0

Match Notes

Canada 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st25DS BajwaYS Samra
2nd5NS DhaliwalYS Samra
3rd3H ThakerYS Samra
4th10NR KirtonH Thaker
5th5H ThakerS Movva
6th53Saad Bin ZafarH Thaker
7th4Saad Bin ZafarD Heyliger
8th0Jaskaran SinghD Heyliger
9th13Jaskaran SinghAP Patel

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Super Eights, Group 1
TeamMWLPTNRR
SA33062.259
IND32140.106
WI31220.993
ZIM3030-3.415
Super Eights, Group 2
TeamMWLPTNRR
ENG33061.096
NZ31131.39
PAK3113-0.123
SL3030-1.95
Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND44082.5
PAK43160.976
USA42240.788
NED4132-1.217
NAM4040-3.108
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
ZIM43071.506
SL43161.741
AUS42241.523
IRE41230.15
OMA4040-4.845
Group C
TeamMWLPTNRR
WI44081.874
ENG43160.201
SCOT41320.184
ITA4132-1.02
NEP4132-1.349
Group D
TeamMWLPTNRR
SA44081.943
NZ43161.227
AFG42240.889
UAE4132-1.364
CAN4040-2.426