Canada Vs UAE Highlights, T20 World Cup 2026: Aryansh Sharma And Shoaib Khan Guide Emirates To 5-Wicket Win Over CAN

Good Morning folks. Welcome to our live coverage of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 match number 20 between Canada and UAE from the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. This is the start of our blog, stay tuned for the real-time updates, live scores and more.

United Arab Emirates Squad: Aryansh Sharma(w), Muhammad Waseem(c), Alishan Sharafu, Mayank Kumar, Sohaib Khan, Harshit Kaushik, Muhammad Arfan, Dhruv Parashar, Haider Ali, Junaid Siddique, Muhammad Rohid Khan, Simranjeet Singh, Muhammad Jawadullah, Muhammad Farooq, Syed Haider

Canada Squad: Dilpreet Bajwa(c), Yuvraj Samra, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Shreyas Movva(w), Harsh Thaker, Saad Bin Zafar, Jaskaran Singh, Dilon Heyliger, Kaleem Sana, Ansh Patel, Kanwarpal Tathgur, Ajayveer Hundal, Shivam Sharma, Ravinderpal Singh.

Speaking of head-to-head, Canada and the UAE have played against each other only once in T20Is. This was during the T20 World Cup qualifiers in 2019 when the UAE won by 14 runs.

Three teams sit on 0 points in Group D - AFG, CAN and UAE. Great opportunity for Canada and United Arab of Emirates to make it count and lift themselves from the bottom.

Canada have won the toss and have opted to bat.

United Arab Emirates: Aryansh Sharma(w), Muhammad Waseem(c), Alishan Sharafu, Mayank Kumar, Sohaib Khan, Harshit Kaushik, Muhammad Arfan, Muhammad Farooq, Haider Ali, Junaid Siddique, Muhammad Jawadullah

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

Junaid Siddique draws the first blood for UAE as he gets the Canadian skipper caught by Muhammed Waseem. Last match's star performer for Canada Navneet Dhaliwal comes to the crease, joining Yuvraj Samra.

CAN 19/1 (3)

Navneet Dhaliwal and Thaker have the onus of forging a big 4th wicket to take Canada out of the precarious position they are in. Both the batter have started well and took 12 runs from the 7th over of Haider Ali.

CAN 51/3 (7)

Navneet Dhaliwal (21*) and H.Thaker (23*) have stitched an unbeaten 33-run stand for the 4th wicket. Canada would like for both these batters to keep going and lay a base for following batters to explode in the death.

CAN 71/3 (10)

That was a some shabby piece or running by Navneet Dhaliwal as he returns back to the pavilion after getting run-out for 34. His technique of grounding the back was poor because of which it got stuck on the crease resulting in the 4th wicket of Canada.

CAN 100/4 (14)

S.Movva (16*) and H.Thaker (49*) have forged an unbeaten 31-run partnership for the 5th wicket and have created a good base to explode in the last 3 overs and reach to a competitive score of 160.

CAN 127/4 (17)

D.Heyliger hit a last ball six to take Canada to 150. In the last three overs CAN could only manage 23 runs. Junaid Siddique was the pick of the bowlers for UAE as he picked up a five-wicket haul and played a key role in restricting Canada to 150, where they could easily get to 160-165.

CAN 150/7 (20)

Aryansh Sharma and Muhammed Waseem have given a cautious start to UAE, while chasing 151 runs. Kaleen Sana bowled a good first over for Canada giving away just 4 runs.

UAE 4/0 (1)

Canadian bowlers have done well to restrict the run-flow of UAE's chase despite Aryansh Sharma smashing Jaskarandeep Singh for a four and a six in the 6th over. Kaleem Sana dismissed Muhmammed Waseem (4) to give UAE a major jolt as he's the best batter of their team.

UAE 39/1 (6)

Canadian bowlers have been quite good with the ball so far. They have not let UAE batter score freely and have send the top three batters back into the pavilion. Though Aryansh Sharma (43*) is batting well for UAE and they would like him to go till the end and guide them home.

UAE 65/3 (12)

UAE's hope of chasing the target lies on Aryansh Sharma, who is currently batting on 56. He along with Shoaib Khan will have to do the bulk of the scoring if they have to chase down 56 runs in 24 balls.

UAE 95/4 (16)

Shoaib Khan took a four and a double of the last two balls of the 19th over to reach his fifty. UAE now need 8 runs of the last over to win.

Aryansh Sharma deposits the ball out of the ground for a six of the 1st ball. UAE now need 2 off 5 balls.

The next ball goes to the square leg boundary for a single. The score are drawn now.

Shoaib Khan skies the 3rd ball of the over and gets caught after scoring 51 off just 29 balls. UAE now need 1 run off 3 balls.

Arfan hits the next ball towards the mid wicket boundary to take UAE home against Canada.

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