AFG vs CAN Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: Afghanistan beat Canada by 82 runs

Dilpreet Bajwa to Ibrahim Zadran, Zadran will feel he's gotten away with one here. Fuller delivery on off, an under-cutter from Bajwa. Zadran hags back to loft it away but times it so bad that the fielder running in from long off cannot get to it. The ball lands well short and a single is taken.

Dilpreet Bajwa to Sediqullah Atal, Full, outside off, Sediqullah Atal eases this through the covers for one.

Dilpreet Bajwa to Sediqullah Atal, That's athletic fielding! Very full and around off, fired in, Atal punches it on the up but Nicholas Kirton at short extra cover springs to his left and makes the stop.

Dilpreet Bajwa to Ibrahim Zadran, Outside off, punched down to long off for a run.

Dilpreet Bajwa to Sediqullah Atal, Flighted ball on middle, drifting in, Sediqullah Atal edges it down through gully and picks up a single.

Dilpreet Bajwa to Ibrahim Zadran, Full, around middle, Ibrahim Zadran works it through mid-wicket for a single.

So in the end, the Powerplay has gone in Canada's favour. 7 boundaries but 2 wickets in the last 4 balls. Sediqullah Atal walks in next, at number 4, replacing Gulbadin Naib.

DRS time! That seemed very close in real time. Gulbadin missed a pretty straight ball, looking to flick and it seemed like it might have hit the stumps. But the umpire has given it not out and the Canadian captain looks supremely confident and takes the review. And, he is going to be rewarded for his gut feeling!

Jaskarandeep Singh to Gulbadin Naib, OUT! LBW! Excellent review by Canada! Have to give it to the captain. This was on a length, outside off, coming in with the angle, and Gulbadin Naib looked to work it to the leg side. But he missed and was hit on the pads. The bowler screamed his lungs out for the LBW appeal but the umpire kept his finger down. Even before the bowler or keeper could look at the captain, Bajwa was charging right towards them, confident that this was gone. He just needed a second opinion and in a flash, signalled for the review. The moment Naib looked at the replay, a grin passed his face. He sensed it. Ball Tracking loaded up and projected the ball to be hitting leg stump! Canada are cock-a-hoop and from 47/0, AFGHANISTAN ARE 49/2! And that is their Powerplay score as well.

Jaskarandeep Singh to Ibrahim Zadran, Shorter in length, very straight and a bit slower. Zadran hops up and defends it into the off side, picking up a single as well.

Jaskarandeep Singh to Gulbadin Naib, Off the mark rightaway! On the fuller legth and around middle, Naib leans on and pushes it to the left of mid on for a quick single.

DRINKS BREAK. It has actually been a decent bowling performance by Canada. Take out that 15-run 4th over and it has been a not-so-bad effort at all. Even that one dropped catch of Gurbaz has not hurt them much. Afghanistan though, would have got a knowledge of the surface and it appears as if, it might slow down as the game progresses, much similar to that USA-Netherlands game. Here comes the muscle man, Gulbadin Naib, at number 3, replacing Rahmanullah Gurbaz.

Jaskarandeep Singh to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, OUT! CAUGHT! The bowler has the last laugh. Gurbaz wanted more and more and jumped down the track. Did that a bit early and the bowler had just about enough time to see that. Bowled it short again, but this time, the line was around off and he made it to angle back in, cramping the batter for room. Gurbaz went for the pull but because he got cramped, the ball went off the leading edge. Two fielders went after it, one running back from point and the other, coming in from sweeper. In the end, the latter calls for it and it is Yuvraj Samra who takes the catch coolly. End of a blistering knock from Gurbaz, but once again, one feels that it promised a lot more. AFGHANISTAN ARE 47/1 AFTER 5.3 OVERS!

Jaskarandeep Singh to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, FOUR MORE! SLAUGHTERED! In a stand of 47, Gurbaz has hammered 30. Short and wide outside off again, this time, Gurbaz delays his shot a bit, waits for the ball to arrive and slaps it through the covers for consecutive boundaries.

Jaskarandeep Singh to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, EDGED, FOUR! It will go down as an edge but the line was not that great there. Short and wide outside off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz throws his bat at it but gets a thick outside edge, which flies possibly through where first slip would have been, to the deep third fence. The stand moves to 43 (31).

Signs of things to come? The first over of spin has yielded just 2 runs. What bowling type will finish off the Powerplay? It will be the pace of Jaskarandeep Singh. But he will have to wait. For another time in this day, the Zing bails act naughty. The umpire thinks about calling for a replacement but they start working suddenly. Let's continue then.

Dilpreet Bajwa to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Nice and full, on leg, clipped away in front of square leg for a single. Just 2 runs off it.

Dilpreet Bajwa to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Gets away with this one, does Bajwa. A full toss on middle, shapes away in the air as well and Gurbaz ends up just easing it down to extra cover.

Dilpreet Bajwa to Ibrahim Zadran, That's well fielded. Fired into the blockhole by Bajwa, Ibrahim Zadran jams it off the inside edge and to the right of short fine leg. The fielder over there dives and keeps it down to a single.

Dilpreet Bajwa to Ibrahim Zadran, Quick and flat, outside off, slapped away but straight to cover-point.

Dilpreet Bajwa to Ibrahim Zadran, Full again, darted in at the stumps, Ibrahim Zadran squeezes it into the off side.

Dilpreet Bajwa to Ibrahim Zadran, That's a cracking delivery. Bajwa sees Zadran advancing and fires it in at the toes. Zadran fails to get out of the shot and just gets yorked, wearing it on the pads.

The moment has come. After three quiet overs, Afghanistan have announced their intentions with a 15-run 4th over, the first double-digit one of the evening. The skipper takes on the onus now. Here's Dilpreet Bajwa with his off spin.

Dilon Heyliger to Ibrahim Zadran, Heyliger pulls the length back and bowls it outside off, Zadran stays on his toes and guides it through backward point for one. 15 off the over, a big one for Afghanistan.

Dilon Heyliger to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Better line and it induces an outside edge. Good-length delivery on the fourth stump line, slants in a bit. Gurbaz stays back and edges it down to short third for a quick single. Good running.

Dilon Heyliger to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, FOUR! SLAP! Third boundary in the over. This is short outside off and additionally, wide outside off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz accepts the gift and slams the cut through point.

Dilon Heyliger to Ibrahim Zadran, In the channel and shapes away a bit, Zadran looks to drive but gets it off the inner half of the blade to mid on for a single.

Dilon Heyliger to Ibrahim Zadran, FOUR MORE! Excellent batting. The bowler is shaking his head but it is actually credit to the batter, as he has outthought the bowler. After the wide line on the previous ball, Ibrahim is expecting a tighter line. So he steps away to the leg side in advance and gets a length ball, just outside off. It comes in with the angle but Zadran punches it through the covers for consecutive boundaries. The stand moves to 30 (20).

Dilon Heyliger to Ibrahim Zadran, FOUR! Beautifully played. Full and wide outside off, Ibrahim Zadran initially shapes up to drive the ball through the covers, but at the last moment, opens the face of his bat to guide it aerially through third and there is no one present to stop it.

Nothing happening with the ball. No swing, no seam movement either. 

Kaleem Sana to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Full again, not completely full though, on middle and angling across. Gurbaz walks inside the line and pushes it to the right of the bowler again.

Kaleem Sana to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Pitched up full on middle, Gurbaz shows the full face of the blade and blocks it to the right of the bowler.

Kaleem Sana to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, FOUR! SLAM! Short and around off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz stays leg side of the ball and slaps the cut through point. There is a fielder stationed at deep backward point and he starts to take a couple of steps. Even gets to his right, but the sheer power on the stroke takes the ball past his lunge, which eventually becomes a despairing dive. However, the dive is late.

Kaleem Sana to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Oh, that's a bit unfortunate for the fielder. Shortish length on leg, Gurbaz nudges it off the hips and down to short fine leg. The fielder over there moves to his right and gets his body behind the wobbling ball. The batters pinch a single but Gurbaz notices the ball parrying away from the fielder and sneaks in the second run as well.

Kaleem Sana to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Better line from Sana. Fuller than a good length, angled across off, Gurbaz has a poke at it but the ball zips past the outside edge.

Kaleem Sana to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, WIDE. A bit of late movement. Good length spilled down leg, Gurbaz looks to tickle it away but misses and the ball shapes further down the leg side. Shreyas Movva dives to his left and makes half a stop.

Kaleem Sana to Ibrahim Zadran, Length again, on the pads, hacked away to deep square leg for another single by Zadran.

Dilon Heyliger to Ibrahim Zadran, Good-length delivery, darted in towards middle and leg, Zadran tucks it to mid-wicket and pinches an easy single as the fielder is right on the edge of the circle.

Dilon Heyliger to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Back of a length and outside off, tapped away down to deep third for a single.

Dilon Heyliger to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, That's well bowled. Heyliger sees Gurbaz backing away to the leg side and hammers it on a hard length wide outside off. Gurbaz leaves it in hope of a wide but won't get the call in his favour.

Dilon Heyliger to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, DROPPED! Big, big miss. Maybe, the wind could have been a factor. Fractionally short, around off, Gurbaz looks to play the pick-up pull, but the ball gets big on him and goes off the top edge. It goes straight up in the air and roughly, three fielders go after the ball. First, the keeper, then the man from short third. And to the far end of the screen, one is possibly seeing short fine leg as well. The keeper calls for it correctly, as he is the one with the gloves. But he ends up going sideways, trying to be on par with the swirling ball. Eventually, he finds himself away from the ball as it bursts through his gloves and drops down. Two runs taken.

Dilon Heyliger to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, FOUR! Not where he intended but everyone in the blue camp will take it. On a length, around off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz comes down the track and looks to steer it behind point. However, he is too close to the ball and as a result, the ball goes off the outside edge and pretty fine through third. There is no one patrolling that area at deep third and the ball finds the fence.

Dilon Heyliger to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Full-pitched delivery, just outside off, Gurbaz leans on and pushes it out to extra cover. A reserved start from Gurbaz thus far.

Dilon Heyliger to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, WIDE. A loosener to begin with from Heyliger. Short of a length and wide outside off, shapes further away. Gurbaz leaves it alone.

An uneventful opening over. Will we see spin early? Nope. The big man, Dilon Heyliger, will share the new ball. Ian Smith on air informs that he is from Guyana.

Kaleem Sana to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Thinking about two, will settle for the single. Slower one, full and around leg, Gurbaz waits and nudges it away behind square leg for a single. The fielder in the deep is quick to attack the ball and keeps the batters honest. Five runs off the first over.

Kaleem Sana to Ibrahim Zadran, Length again, on middle and leg, Zadran fails to work it away into the leg side. Gets it off the pads into the off side and after a stutter, the batters pick up a leg bye.

Kaleem Sana to Ibrahim Zadran, Beaten! Good-length delivery on off, cutting across with some extra bounce. Zadran looks to punch but is well beaten.

Kaleem Sana to Ibrahim Zadran, On a hard length over leg, Ibrahim Zadran looks to tuck it away but closes the bat face early and miscues it back onto the deck.

Kaleem Sana to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Swing, too much of it as well. Back of a length, lands on off and middle and goes a long way across the right-hander. Gurbaz backs away to slash but misses and the keeper just about gets a glove on it. The ball trickles down to deep third and the batters take a bye.