Afghanistan Vs Canada Highlights, T20 World Cup 2026: Afghans End Campaign With Emphatic 82-Run Victory Against CAN

Good evening and welcome, everyone. We are building up to the start of the Group D match between Afghanistan and Canada in Chennai. Stay with us for the latest updates.

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.

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

Ibrahim Zadran gets to his half-century off 33 balls, his second consecutive fifty in the tournament after the one against United Arab Emirates. Sediqullah Atal also opening his arms as Afghanistan are marching towards a likely 200-plus total in Chennai. Canada need wickets, and quickly at that.

AFG: 121/2 (14)

Jaskaran Singh snares Sediqullah Atal, who holes out to long-on for a 32-ball 44. That brings Azmatullah Omarzai to the crease. Ibrahim Zadran, meanwhile, continues to go from strength to strength and if he stays there till the end, Afghanistan are in for a big total.

AFG: 160/3 (17)

Ibrahim Zadran finishes the innings with a boundary of the last ball and takes 15 runs off the over, to get Afghanistan to 200 runs. He remains unbeaten on 95 from 56 balls, hitting 7 fours and 5 sixes in his innings. Jaskarandeep Singh took 3 wickets but ended up giving 52 runs in return.

AFG 200/4 (20)

Canada off to a flying start with both openers targeting Afghan bowlers from the get go. They need to make full use of the powerplay, if they want to stay in the chase.

CAN 24/0 (2)

Canada are in all sorts of trouble as they lost their last-match centurion Yuvraj Samra for 17. Three down for them in the powerplay and AFG are all over them currently. They need a big partnership at a brisk pace or it could be curtains for them.

CAN 34/3 (6)

Out! That's disastrous for Canada as they lose their 5th wicket in the form of Shreyas Movva in just 9 overs. Rashid Khan gets his first and Afghanistan are all over CAN at the MA Chidarbaram Stadium.

CAN 48/5 (9)

Harsh Thaker and Saad Bin Zafar have put on an unbeaten 43-run stand for the 6th wicket to give some respite to their fans. Though their chances of a win are quite bleak yet it could be a great learning experience for their batters to face a world-class Afghan bowling line-up.

CAN 91/5 (14)

The last delivery is a dot and with it Afghanistan win the match in an emphatic style by 82 runs. It was a power-packed performance by the Afghans in their last league match as they end their campaign in a dominating style.

CAN 118/8 (20)

That's a wrap from our side. We'll be back soon with another blog, soon, until then, bye bye.