Another consolation win for Afghanistan

Canada lost all four of its matches and finished with zero points. South Africa and New Zealand have advanced to the next round from this group. Chasing a target of 201 runs to win, Canada could only score 118 runs for the loss of 8 wickets.

Falgun 7, 2082

Kantipur Reporter

Another consolation win for Afghanistan

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Afghanistan, who are out of the Super Eights, defeated Canada by 82 runs on Thursday in the T20 World Cup 2026. This second consolation win for Afghanistan was nothing more than a consolation win and the team finished third in Group D with four points.

Canada lost all four of its matches and finished with zero points. South Africa and New Zealand have advanced from this group. Chasing a target of 201 runs to win, Canada could only score 118 runs for the loss of 8 wickets.

Harsh Thakur scored 30 and Saad bin Jaffer scored 28 runs. Mohammad Nabi took 4 and Rashid Khan took 2 wickets to bowl Canada out cheaply. Batting first, Afghanistan scored 200 runs for the loss of 4 wickets.

Ibrahim Jardan top-scored with 95 runs and remained unbeaten. He faced 56 balls and hit 7 fours and 5 sixes. Sediqullah Atal also scored 44 runs in 32 balls. Among the Canadian bowlers, Jaskaran Singh took three wickets for 52 runs.

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