Afghanistan vs West Indies, 2nd T20I, Afghanistan v West Indies in UAE, 2026 - Player Highlights

Forde to Sediqullah Atal, out Caught by Quentin Sampson!! Holes out! 123.1kph, off-cutter on a short length, Sediqullah Atal pulls behind square on the leg-side. More of a top-edge and he picks out the man in the deep. Sampson gobbles it with ease at deep backward square leg. The 115-run stand has been broken. Sediqullah Atal c Quentin Sampson b Forde 53(42) [4s-2 6s-3]

Forde to Sediqullah Atal, 1 run, in the air and safe! Back of a length, Atal shapes to heave it behind square on the leg-side and gets a top-edge that balloons over the bowler's head. Forde turns around and runs back but the ball is well out of his reach

Shamar Joseph to Sediqullah Atal, 1 run, 122.3kph, pace-off shortish ball, Atal fetches it from outside off to play a wristy pull. Gets a top-edge and it falls short of the forward-running deep square leg fielder

Shamar Joseph to Sediqullah Atal, 1 run, fuller than a length outside off, Atal shuffles and miscues the loft. A single to long-off

Shamar Joseph to Sediqullah Atal, 1 run, fullish outside off, Atal reaches out to slice it over point. The single brings up Sediqullah Atal's 4th T20I fifty. The left-hander raises his bat

Motie to Sediqullah Atal, byes, 1 run, pushed quicker and wider, beats Atal's outside edge and the keeper fails to gather it cleanly. Oh, replays show that there was an outside edge! So that was another chance

Motie to Sediqullah Atal, no run, 83.5kph, length ball on leg, turned to midwicket

Motie to Sediqullah Atal, FOUR, fired down leg, Atal gets low to sweep hard. He loses his balance but he's made good contact to send it to the fine leg fence. A tumbling sweep shot and the boundary brings up the century partnership between the duo

Simmonds to Sediqullah Atal, no run, yorker wide of off and Atal squeezes it to short third man

Simmonds to Sediqullah Atal, no run, tries to bowl outside the batsman's arc with a length ball, its actually outside the tramline. Atal shuffles to try and reach for it but misses

Simmonds to Sediqullah Atal, SIX, 103.3kph, slower ball and on a short of length, Atal spots it early, waits and slams it over deep midwicket with a pull shot. 85m six from the left-hander

Simmonds to Sediqullah Atal, SIX, that's a gift and Atal accepts it happily! Shin-high full toss on the pads, Atal uses the bowler's angle to flick it nonchalantly over deep backward square leg for an 81m six

Simmonds to Sediqullah Atal, no run, 129.6kph, over the wicket, very full and outside off, Atal leaves it alone thinking it's a wide. No signal from the umpire though

Khary Pierre to Sediqullah Atal, 2 runs, Atal is on the walk to tuck this leg-lined ball in front of square on the leg-side

Khary Pierre to Sediqullah Atal, 1 run, full and on the stumps, Atal hurriedly sweeps to short fine leg

Motie to Sediqullah Atal, no run, fired across the left-hander outside off, Atal is late on the cut and fails to make contact

Motie to Sediqullah Atal, 1 run, 93.2kph, fullish ball, Atal gets low to slap-drive it to long-off

Motie to Sediqullah Atal, 1 run, flat ball wide of of off, cut to deep point

Khary Pierre to Sediqullah Atal, 1 run, 90.1kph, full and on the stumps, Atal drives it along the ground to long-on

Khary Pierre to Sediqullah Atal, no run, 83.4kph, goes back to cut and outside-edges towards short third man

Khary Pierre to Sediqullah Atal, 1 run, flighted ball, full in length, driven down to long-off. Fifty partnership

Motie to Sediqullah Atal, 2 runs, floated up around off, Atal drives inside out wide of long-off and Rasooli rushes back for the second, puts in the dive and makes his ground

Motie to Sediqullah Atal, 2 runs, flatter delivery at the stumps, Atal clips it in front of square and races back for the second

Motie to Sediqullah Atal, SIX, shot! Tossed up around off, the length allowed Atal to get under it, he crouches low and slog sweeps over deep mid-wicket. It was the attempted wrong 'un from Motie which didn't come out right..

Motie to Sediqullah Atal, 1 run, flighted delivery on off, Atal eases it to long-off

Khary Pierre to Sediqullah Atal, 1 run, in the air and safe. This is not quite short, but Atal rocks back and attempts the pull, gets a top-edge and luckily for him, the ball lands just beyond the inner circle near mid-wicket

Khary Pierre to Sediqullah Atal, 1 run, floated up on leg, Atal leans forward and clips it to deep square leg

Simmonds to Sediqullah Atal, 1 run, full pitcher on the pads, Atal flicks it to deep square leg

Simmonds to Sediqullah Atal, 1 run, dropped! Now Pierre puts one down. He does all the hard work of getting there but does not hang on. Slower ball angled down leg, Atal swivels around and pulls to deep backward square, Pierre runs to his right and bends down, goes with both hands but does not take the catch

Khary Pierre to Sediqullah Atal, leg byes, 1 run, strays down leg, Atal crouches low and helps it along to fine leg. Given as leg-byes

Khary Pierre to Sediqullah Atal, 1 run, tossed up close to off, Atal hangs back and works it to deep square leg

Khary Pierre to Sediqullah Atal, 1 run, flatter delivery on off, Atal knocks it to long-on

Simmonds to Sediqullah Atal, 1 run, good length ball on off, Atal stays back and clips it backward of square leg

Simmonds to Sediqullah Atal, no run, on a length and outside off, Atal drives sans footwork and is beaten on the outside edge

Shamar Joseph to Sediqullah Atal, FOUR, big over, 15 runs. Not a bad delivery - good length ball outside off, Atal had the width and he didn't miss out, drives it on the up through extra cover and the ball has enough to trickle into the longest part of the ground

Shamar Joseph to Sediqullah Atal, 2 runs, tight second. But Atal makes it in. Back of a length around off, Atal angles it behind square on the off-side and races back before Hetmyer hunts it down from deep backward point

Shamar Joseph to Sediqullah Atal, no run, short of length angled across, Atal rides the bounce and drops it into the off-side

Forde to Sediqullah Atal, 1 run, good length ball around off, Atal angles his bat and guides it to deep backward point

Forde to Sediqullah Atal, no run, on a length and close to off, Atal prods forward and eases it towards cover

Forde to Sediqullah Atal, no run, back of a length around off, Atal gets behind the line and defends

Shamar Joseph to Sediqullah Atal, no run, on a length and outside off, Atal lifts his bat and lets it go

Shamar Joseph to Sediqullah Atal, 1 run, good length ball, hint of inswing, Atal knocks it in front of mid-off and quickly crosses over