Afghanistan vs Canada: Afghanistan gave winning farewell to the coach, defeated Canada in its last match of T20 World Cup

New Delhi. Afghanistan has ended its campaign in the T20 World Cup 2026 with a win. The Afghan team, which had already been defeated before the tournament, registered a win over Canada by a huge margin of 82 runs in its last match of Group D. This victory was very special for the team’s head coach Jonathan Trott, for whom this was the farewell match. The Afghanistan team had a historic journey in the 2024 T20 World Cup, in which the team was successful in reaching the semi-finals for the first time. However, this time the Afghan team had to be eliminated in the first round itself.

Afghanistan had given the target of 201 runs
In this 39th match of T20 World Cup 2026 played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Afghanistan, batting first, scored 200 runs losing 4 wickets. Rahmanullah Gurbaz made a partnership of 47 runs with Ibrahim Zadran in 5.3 overs. Gurbaz was out after scoring 30 runs with 5 fours in 20 balls, after which Gulbadin Naib (1) also returned to the pavilion. The team had lost 2 wickets by the score of 49. From here, Sediqullah Atal made a partnership of 95 runs in 59 balls with Ibrahim Zadran for the third wicket. Sediqullah was out after scoring 44 runs in 32 balls with 2 sixes and as many fours, after which Zadran added 31 runs with Azmatullah Omarzai (13), while Darvesh Rasooli (4 not out) added 25 runs. Ibrahim Zadran remained unbeaten on 95 runs in 56 balls with 5 sixes and 7 fours. From the opposition camp, Jaskaran Singh took maximum 3 wickets, while Dylan Helliger took 1 wicket.

Canada’s innings ended at 118 runs
In reply, the Canadian team could score only 118 runs after losing 8 wickets in the stipulated overs. The opening pair of Yuvraj Samra and captain Dilpreet Bajwa made a partnership of 25 runs in 2.2 overs. Dilpreet returned to the pavilion after scoring 13 runs in 7 balls. His innings included 2 sixes. After this, Yuvraj Samra contributed 17 runs to the team’s account. The team had lost 5 wickets by the score of 48. From here, Saad Bin Zafar along with Harsh Thakar scored 53 runs in 37 balls for the sixth wicket and took the team beyond 100, but could not win. Harsh was out after scoring 30 runs in 24 balls, while Saad contributed 28 runs to the team’s account. For Afghanistan, Mohammad Nabi took 4 wickets for 7 runs. Rashid Khan took 2 wickets.

Afghanistan’s journey in the tournament was like this
Afghanistan started its campaign with a defeat. It lost to New Zealand in the first match. In the second match, Afghanistan’s heart was broken when the team lost the winning match to South Africa. In this match consisting of two super overs, the Afghan team got three chances to win, but lost all three. In the end South Africa won. There were victories over UAE and Canada in the remaining two matches, but the four points earned from it were not enough to reach the Super-8.