who is shohaib khan: ‘Jiya ho Lala of Bihar’… Did not get a chance in Team India, then reached UAE, victory snatched from the jaws of Canada

New Delhi. Shoaib Khan played an important role in giving UAE its first win in the T20 World Cup 2026. Born in Gaya, Bihar, Shoaib played a wonderful innings against Canada. He formed a match-winning partnership with Aryansh Sharma. When Shoaib Khan did not get a chance in Bihar’s Ranji team, he decided to go to UAE. He had once thought of quitting cricket. Earlier, Shoaib had played in ILT20.

Shoaib Khan’s rise from a small village in Naxal region to becoming a shining star in the T20 World Cup is the story of struggle and courage. Where there were no better facilities for education and sports, children used to cherish their dreams. Shoaib’s parents were also initially in favor of keeping him away from sports because they did not believe in a career in sports, but Shoaib did not lose courage. Gradually he made a place in the district and university level cricket teams.

Shoaib was fond of cricket since childhood, but there were no such facilities in the village. His father is a farmer by profession. He left no stone unturned in giving good education to his children. I myself have studied BA LLB and also gave good education to all the children. In those days, there was no good school in the village, so he got Shoaib admitted in Gyan Bharti School located in Gaya city. Shoaib started playing cricket from here. Here he used to practice with tennis balls.

Due to Junaid Siddiqui’s five wickets and brilliant innings by Aryansh Sharma (74 not out in 53 balls) and Shoaib Khan (51 runs in 29 balls), UAE registered its first win in the ICC T20 World Group D match by defeating Canada by five wickets. Siddiqui took five wickets for 35 runs in four overs, due to which Canada’s innings stopped at 150 runs for seven wickets. UAE won by scoring 154 runs for five wickets with two balls remaining. Aryansh hit six fours and three sixes in his innings, while Shoaib managed the team in difficult times by hitting four fours and four sixes. The partnership between the two started when the team had lost four wickets for 66 runs in the 13th over.

Earlier, both the teams had lost in their first match. Canada lost to South Africa by 57 runs, while UAE was defeated by New Zealand by 10 wickets. For Canada, Saad Bin Zafar took three wickets for 14 runs in four overs, but he did not get good support from the other end. In UAE’s bowling, Siddiqui and Jawadullah put pressure on Canada by taking three wickets in the initial overs. Jawadullah took one wicket for just 16 runs in four overs. For Canada, Harsh Thaker scored 50 runs in 41 balls with the help of two fours and three sixes. He made a partnership of 58 runs in 47 balls with Navneet Dhaliwal. Dhaliwal scored 34 runs in 28 balls with the help of four fours.