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Canada vs Afghanistan 2026 Match 39 Full Commentary
Result · Feb 19 2026, Thu - 07:00 PM (IST)
AFGHANISTAN200/4
CANADA118/8
Afghanistan won by 82 runs
CRR:5.9
Player Of The Match
AFGHANISTAN CANADA
FOUR! Jaskaran Singh Buttar to Ibrahim Zadran. Reverse Swing-Out half volley, wide outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed past deep extra cover for 4 runs. A strong finish sees Afghanistan reach 200 off the final ball after being put in to bat first. The opening pair provided a steady platform, looking fluent early on. However, the momentum shifted briefly when Jaskaran Singh struck twice in the final over of the powerplay. Recovering smartly, Sediqullah Atal joined Ibrahim Zadran to rebuild the innings with composed stroke play and sensible rotation of strike, before an explosive finish that saw Zadran fall just short of a hundred. With runs on the board, the focus now shifts to their bowling attack. Can Afghanistan defend the total and finish their campaign on a high note? Stay tuned for the chase.
FOUR! Jaskaran Singh Buttar to Ibrahim Zadran. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, top edge in the air uncontrolled past third man for 4 runs.
Jaskaran Singh Buttar to Ibrahim Zadran. Reverse Swing-Out full toss, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, missed for no runs, fielded by Movva.
APPEAL! Jaskaran Singh Buttar to Darwish Rasooli. Reverse Swing-Out length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, missed for 3 runs, direct hit by Movva, fielded by Kirton, appeal made for Run Out. Gifted runs for the opposition.
Wide Jaskaran Singh Buttar to Darwish Rasooli. Length ball, wide outside off stump on the back foot Leave, Left for 1 run, fielded by Movva.
Jaskaran Singh Buttar to Darwish Rasooli. Back of a length, middle stump on the back foot driving, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to deep cover for 2 runs, fielded by Kirton.
Jaskaran Singh Buttar to Ibrahim Zadran. Reverse Swing-Out half volley, wide outside off stump on the front foot driving, to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Kirton.
Dilon Heyliger to Ibrahim Zadran. Off cutter back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Kirton.
SIX! Dilon Heyliger to Ibrahim Zadran. Reverse Swing-In length ball, wide outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control over deep cover for 6 runs.
Dilon Heyliger to Darwish Rasooli. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Kirton.
Dilon Heyliger to Ibrahim Zadran. Reverse Swing-In yorker, down leg side backing away flick, mis-timed to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Patel.
Dilon Heyliger to Darwish Rasooli. Back of a length, wide outside off stump on the back foot pulling, mis-timed to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Kirton.
OUT! Caught. Dilon Heyliger to Azmatullah Omarzai. Reverse Swing-In length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to long on, caught by Thaker. The batter hasnât generated enough power on that shot.
Jaskaran Singh Buttar to Ibrahim Zadran. Reverse Swing-In length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to deep mid wicket for 2 runs.
Jaskaran Singh Buttar to Azmatullah Omarzai. Reverse Swing-In yorker, outside off stump on the back foot driving, mis-timed to extra cover for 1 run, fielded by Bajwa.
SIX! Jaskaran Singh Buttar to Azmatullah Omarzai. Slower length ball, outside off stump on the front foot slog sweeping, well timed in the air under control over long off for 6 runs.
Jaskaran Singh Buttar to Azmatullah Omarzai. Reverse Swing-In length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to deep cover for 2 runs, fielded by Kirton.
Wide Jaskaran Singh Buttar to Azmatullah Omarzai. Reverse Swing-Out half volley, wide outside off stump on the back foot Leave, Left for 1 run, fielded by Movva.
Wide Jaskaran Singh Buttar to Azmatullah Omarzai. Short, wide outside off stump on the back foot Leave, Left for 1 run, fielded by Movva.
Jaskaran Singh Buttar to Ibrahim Zadran. Reverse Swing-In length ball, off stump on the back foot flick, in the air under control to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Samra.
Jaskaran Singh Buttar to Azmatullah Omarzai. Reverse Swing-In length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed to cover for 1 run, fielded by Bajwa.
Kaleem Sana to Ibrahim Zadran. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, top edge in the air uncontrolled to square leg for 2 runs, shy attempt by Kirton, fielded by Movva.
Kaleem Sana to Azmatullah Omarzai. Reverse Swing-In length ball, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, mis-timed to short extra cover for 1 run, fielded by Zafar.
Kaleem Sana to Ibrahim Zadran. Reverse Swing-In length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, mis-timed to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Kirton.
Kaleem Sana to Ibrahim Zadran. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to deep mid wicket for 2 runs, fielded by Kirton.
Kaleem Sana to Ibrahim Zadran. Reverse Swing-In length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, missed to fine leg for 2 runs, mis-fielded by Movva, run save by Patel, fielded by Thaker.
SIX! Kaleem Sana to Ibrahim Zadran. Back of a length, wide down leg side on the back foot pulling, well timed in the air under control over deep backward square leg for 6 runs.
Jaskaran Singh Buttar to Azmatullah Omarzai. Reverse Swing-In length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to deep cover for 2 runs, shy attempt by Kirton, fielded by Movva.
OUT! Caught. Jaskaran Singh Buttar to Sediqullah Atal. Back of a length, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to long on, caught by Heyliger. Atal fails to make it big tonight.
Jaskaran Singh Buttar to Sediqullah Atal. Reverse Swing-In full toss, middle stump on the back foot working, to deep mid wicket for 2 runs, fielded by Heyliger.
APPEAL! Zia ur-Rahman Sharifi to Jaskaran Singh Buttar. Reverse Swing-In half volley, middle stump on the front foot Slog, hit pad for no runs, fielded by Gurbaz, appeal made for L.B.W. The LBW decision is overturned on the final ball, but it doesn't stop Afghanistan wrapping up a dominant 82 run victory after a clinical performance. Afghanistan pick up their second win of the tournament but it's not enough to progress, whilst Canada finish winless. After losing three wickets in the powerplay, Canada were always well behind in the chase, and lost regular wickets, only the partnership between Harsh Thaker and Saad Bin Zafar making any impression. Mohammad Nabi then finished proceedings to finish with exception figures of four wickets for seven runs, Rashid Khan also taking two. Ibrahim Zadran is the Player of the Match
Zia ur-Rahman Sharifi to Jaskaran Singh Buttar. Off cutter yorker, down leg side on the back foot working, mis-timed to mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Zadran.
Zia ur-Rahman Sharifi to Jaskaran Singh Buttar. Off cutter back of a length, wide outside off stump on the back foot cutting, missed for no runs, fielded by Gurbaz.
Zia ur-Rahman Sharifi to Ansh Patel. Slower length ball, middle stump on the front foot working, mis-timed to short mid wicket for 1 run, shy attempt by Zadran, fielded by Arman.
Zia ur-Rahman Sharifi to Ansh Patel. Reverse Swing-In yorker, off stump on the back foot Steer, to backward point for no runs, fielded by Naib.
Zia ur-Rahman Sharifi to Ansh Patel. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot Steer, mis-timed to backward point for no runs, fielded by Naib.
Abdullah Ahmadzai to Jaskaran Singh Buttar. Reverse Swing-In full toss, down leg side on the front foot Slog, hit pad for no runs, run save by Gurbaz.
SIX! Abdullah Ahmadzai to Jaskaran Singh Buttar. Reverse Swing-In full toss, to leg on the front foot Slog, well timed in the air under control over deep mid wicket for 6 runs.
Abdullah Ahmadzai to Jaskaran Singh Buttar. Reverse Swing-In full toss, middle stump on the front foot Slog, mis-timed to long on for no runs, fielded by Zadran.
APPEAL! Abdullah Ahmadzai to Jaskaran Singh Buttar. Reverse Swing-In yorker, down leg side on the back foot Slog, hit pad past fine leg for 4 runs, appeal made for L.B.W.
Abdullah Ahmadzai to Jaskaran Singh Buttar. Reverse Swing-In full toss, down leg side on the front foot Slog, hit pad for no runs, run save by Gurbaz.
Abdullah Ahmadzai to Jaskaran Singh Buttar. Reverse Swing-In half volley, to leg down the track flick, missed for no runs, fielded by Gurbaz.
Mohammad Nabi to Jaskaran Singh Buttar. Off break length ball, down leg side on the front foot slog sweeping, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Sharifi.
Mohammad Nabi to Jaskaran Singh Buttar. Off break length ball, down leg side on the back foot working, leading edge in the air uncontrolled to silly mid off for no runs, fielded by Arman.
Mohammad Nabi to Jaskaran Singh Buttar. Off break length ball, down leg side on the front foot slog sweeping, top edge in the air uncontrolled to short fine leg for no runs, dropped catch by Gurbaz, fielded by Ur Rahman.
Mohammad Nabi to Ansh Patel. Off break length ball, down leg side on the back foot flick, to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Atal.
Mohammad Nabi to Ansh Patel. Off break length ball, to leg on the back foot working, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Naib.
OUT! Caught. Mohammad Nabi to Dilon Heyliger. Off break length ball, down leg side on the front foot Slog, top edge in the air uncontrolled to backward point, caught by Ahmadzai. Nabi is having a special day with the ball.
Rashid Khan to Jaskaran Singh Buttar. Googly length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, inside edge back to bowler for no runs.
OUT! Bowled. Rashid Khan to Saad Bin Zafar. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, missed. The champion bowler picks up one more.
Rashid Khan to Dilon Heyliger. Googly length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Rasooli.
Rashid Khan to Saad Bin Zafar. Leg spinner length ball, to leg on the back foot pulling, mis-timed to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Atal.
Rashid Khan to Dilon Heyliger. Googly length ball, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to long on for 1 run, fielded by Omarzai.
Rashid Khan to Dilon Heyliger. Googly length ball, middle stump on the back foot Slog, hit pad to silly point for no runs, fielded by Gurbaz.
APPEAL! Mohammad Nabi to Saad Bin Zafar. Off break length ball, middle stump on the back foot glancing, hit pad for no runs, fielded by Gurbaz, appeal made for Caught. Good take from Gurbaz but not out says the umpire.
Mohammad Nabi to Dilon Heyliger. Off break length ball, down leg side on the back foot working, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Atal.
Mohammad Nabi to Dilon Heyliger. Off break length ball, down leg side down the track pushing, back to bowler for no runs.
Mohammad Nabi to Dilon Heyliger. Off break length ball, down leg side on the front foot slog sweeping, hit pad to silly point for no runs, fielded by Gurbaz.
Mohammad Nabi to Dilon Heyliger. Off break length ball, to leg on the front foot driving, inside edge to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Naib.
OUT! Caught. Mohammad Nabi to Harsh Thaker. Off break length ball, down leg side on the front foot slog sweeping, top edge in the air uncontrolled to short fine leg, caught by Ur Rahman.