Ibrahim Zadran was just 5 runs away from a century, Afghanistan gave Canada a target of 201 runs in Chennai.

AFG vs CAN: The 39th match of the T20 World Cup 2026 between Afghanistan and Canada is being played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Canada won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Afghanistan scored 200 runs for 4 wickets. Afghanistan’s star batsman Ibrahim Zadran remained just 5 runs away from his century.

Jaskaran Singh gave 2 blows to Afghanistan in one over

After losing the toss and coming to bat first, Afghanistan had a good start, but then Jaskaran Singh gave two blows to Afghanistan at the score of 47 runs in the same over. On the third ball of the 6th over, Jaskaran Singh showed Rahmanullah Gurbaz the way to the pavilion. Rahmanullah Gurbaz was out after scoring 30 runs with the help of 5 fours in 20 balls. After this, he made Gulbadin Naib his victim on the last ball of the over. Gulbadin Naib walked away after scoring just one run.

Ibrahim Zadran played an unbeaten inning of 95 runs

After this, a great partnership was going on between Ibrahim Zadran and Sediqullah Atal for the third wicket, when Jaskaran Singh gave the third blow to Afghanistan. He sent Sediqullah to the pavilion. Sediqullah scored 44 runs on 32 balls. Azmatullah Umarzai was out after scoring 13 runs. Ibrahim Zadran remained till the end and took the team’s score to 200, but he could not complete his century. Ibrahim Zadran played an unbeaten inning of 95 runs on 56 balls. During this, 7 fours and 5 sixes came from his bat.

This is the playing 11 of both the teams:

Canada’s playing 11: Yuvraj Samra, Dilpreet Bajwa (captain), Navneet Dhaliwal, Harsh Thakar, Nicholas Kirton, Shreyas Movva (wicketkeeper), Saad Bin Zafar, Dilon Heiligar, Jaskaran Singh, Kaleem Sana, Ansh Patel.

Afghanistan’s playing 11: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan (captain), Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Ziaur Rehman Sharifi, Abdullah Ahmadzai.

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