Afghanistan Vs Canada Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: Zadran Hits Second Straight Fifty | AFG 112/2 (12.4)

Afghanistan are in a good position in the first ten overs as they playing with a run-rate of over 8 and still have 10 wickets in bank. Ibrahim Zadran and Sediqullah Atal have stitched an unbeaten 37-run stand for the 3rd wicket and have build a good base to explode towards the end.

AFG 86/2 (10)

Out! Canada draws the first blood as Rahmanullah Gurbaz departs after scoring 30 off 20 balls. He smashed 2 fours in the initial two deliveries but went for one too many as he skied the third ball and the deep extra cover fielder made no mistake, sending Gurbaz back.

AFG 47/1 (5.3)

Rahmanullah Gurbaz has set the tone of Afghanistan's innings with some beautiful boundaries. He has raced past to 16 off 13 balls, while Zadran is finding his footing on the crease.

AFG 22/0 (3)

Both Afghanistan opener - Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran have provided their team a cautious start off Kaleem Sana. AFG would need a good start from their openers in the powerplay, if they want to post a big total on board.

AFG 5/0 (1)

Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan(c), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Ziaur Rahman Sharifi, Abdullah Ahmadzai

Canada: Yuvraj Samra, Dilpreet Bajwa(c), Navneet Dhaliwal, Harsh Thaker, Nicholas Kirton, Shreyas Movva(w), Saad Bin Zafar, Dilon Heyliger, Jaskaran Singh, Kaleem Sana, Ansh Patel

Canada win coin toss and elected to bowl first against Afghanistan.

The match 39 of the ICC T20 World Cup between Afghanistan and Canada will be telecast live on the Star Sports Network from 7:00 PM IST, while the toss take place at 6:30 PM IST. It will also be streamed live on the Jio Hotstar app, stay tuned.

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