Afghanistan won by 82 runs
Canada won the toss and elected to bowl
Player of the Match Ibrahim Zadran
Afghanistan vs Canada finished Afghanistan won by 82 runs. The match is part of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup - 39th Match. It was played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. Date: Thursday, 19 February 2026. Player of the match: Ibrahim Zadran. Canada won the toss and elected to bowl
Afghanistan Innings 200/4 (20 ov). Top scorer: Ibrahim Zadran 95 (56). Best bowling: Jaskaran Singh Buttar 3/52.
Canada Innings 118/8 (20 ov). Top scorer: Harsh Thaker 30 (24). Best bowling: Mohammad Nabi 4/7.
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz(RHB) | c Samra b Buttar | 30 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 150 |
| Ibrahim Zadran(RHB) | not out | 95 | 56 | 7 | 5 | 170 |
| Gulbadin Naib(RHB) | lbw b Buttar | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Sediqullah Atal(LHB) | c Heyliger b Buttar | 44 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 138 |
| Azmatullah Omarzai(RHB) | c Thaker b Heyliger | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 186 |
| Darwish Rasooli(RHB) | not out | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 1, w 5, nb 1) | 13 | ||||
| Total | (20 ov) | 200 | ||||
1-49 (Gulbadin Naib, 5.6 ov), 2-51 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 5.3 ov), 3-144 (Sediqullah Atal, 15.5 ov), 4-175 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 18.1 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaleem Sana | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 7.67 | 1 | 0 |
| Dillon Heyliger | 4 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 10.25 | 1 | 0 |
| Dilpreet Singh Bajwa | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaskaran Singh Buttar | 4 | 0 | 52 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| Saad Bin Zafar | 3 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 11.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Ansh Patel(LB) | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuvraj Samra(RHB) | c Omarzai b Nabi | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 121 |
| Dilpreet Singh Bajwa(RHB) | b Rahman | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 186 |
| Navneet Dhaliwal(RHB) | c Rasooli b Omarzai | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harsh Thaker(RHB) | c Rahman b Nabi | 30 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 125 |
| Nicholas Kirton(LHB) | c Zadran b Nabi | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 83 |
| Shreyas Movva(RHB) | c Ahmadzai b Khan | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Saad Bin Zafar(LHB) | b Khan | 28 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 108 |
| Dillon Heyliger(RHB) | c Ahmadzai b Nabi | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Jaskaran Singh Buttar(RHB) | not out | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 54 |
| Ansh Patel(RHB) | not out | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Extras | (lb 5, w 1) | 6 | ||||
| Total | (20 ov) | 118 | ||||
1-25 (Dilpreet Singh 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 (Dillon Heyliger, 17.1 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mujeeb Ur Rahman | 4 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 5.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Azmatullah Omarzai | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammad Nabi | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Abdullah Ahmadzai | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 7.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Rashid Khan | 4 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 4.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Ziaur Rahman Sharifi | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
