Afghanistan vs Canada, 39th Match, Group D, ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 - Player Highlights

Rashid Khan to Saad Bin Zafar, out Bowled!! 'You miss, I hit' stuff from Rashid Khan. Tossed up ball from round the wicket, Saad swings his bat mightily and misses a fullish ball. Gets beaten on the inside edge and hears the death rattle. Saad Bin Zafar b Rashid Khan 28(26) [4s-3 6s-1]

Rashid Khan to Saad Bin Zafar, 1 run, legbreak, hurriedly pulled to midwicket

Mohammad Nabi to Saad Bin Zafar, no run, 86.3kph, sliding down leg, Saad flicks and misses. There's an appeal for caught behind but the ball brushed the batter's pad. No bat

Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Saad Bin Zafar, 2 runs, full delivery, drilled to the left of the bowler. Long-on and long-off converge, almost collide but the latter mops it up

Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Saad Bin Zafar, 1 run, fifty partnership! Short of length, slapped down to long-off

Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Saad Bin Zafar, 1 run, chopped to backward point

Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Saad Bin Zafar, FOUR, a drag down from Mujeeb, Saad waits on the back foot and hammers the pull to place it into the gap between deep midwicket and long-on

Abdullah Ahmadzai to Saad Bin Zafar, 1 run, 138.9kph, clears his front leg to drill this pitched up ball to mid-off. Time for drinks

Abdullah Ahmadzai to Saad Bin Zafar, no run, 138.8kph, pace on, short ball outside off, Saad lets it be

Abdullah Ahmadzai to Saad Bin Zafar, FOUR, slow, short and wide of off, Saad spots it late but he makes decent contact. Hops and cuts backward of square on the off-side. Third man can't cut it off

Abdullah Ahmadzai to Saad Bin Zafar, no run, round the wicket, Abdullah Ahmadzai hits the deck hard on a back of a length. Generates good bounce, Saad swings across the line and misses

Abdullah Ahmadzai to Saad Bin Zafar, 1 run, 132.2kph, round the wicket, short of length ball on the pads, flicked to long leg

Rashid Khan to Saad Bin Zafar, 1 run, 94.3kph, shovels this short of length ball to midwicket

Rashid Khan to Saad Bin Zafar, FOUR, fraction short, Saad quickly rocks back to pull it powerfully through midwicket. It was the googly and the left-hander hit it against the spin and into the gap

Rashid Khan to Saad Bin Zafar, no run, 93.9kph, very full, driven straight to extra cover

Rashid Khan to Saad Bin Zafar, no run, googly wide of off, Saad gets low to slog and misses

Rashid Khan to Saad Bin Zafar, no run, Afghanistan challenge an lbw call against Saad. 93.6kph, the left-hander flicks from the crease and is beaten for pace to get hit on the front pad. It's pitched outside leg and Afghanistan burn a review

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Saad Bin Zafar, 1 run, short again, Saad backs away to mishit the pull to backward square leg

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Saad Bin Zafar, no run, 136.4kph, shorter in length, hits Saad high on the bat as he tries to flick. The ball dies down on the leg-side

Rashid Khan to Saad Bin Zafar, no run, round the wicket, full ball on off, pushed to cover

Rashid Khan to Saad Bin Zafar, no run, legbreak on the stumps, pushed hurriedly to cover

Rashid Khan to Saad Bin Zafar, no run, LBW appeal, turned down by the umpire and Afghanistan review it. 93.2kph, quick legbreak from Rashid, hits Saad's front pad as he's late to bring his bat down. Ball-tracking shows it to be clipping the off-stump (umpire's call). So, Afghanistan don't lose the review. Surprised that the ball-tracking didn't predict the ball to be spinning back in

Rashid Khan to Saad Bin Zafar, SIX, full ball delivered from well behind the crease. It's right in the slot, Saad clears his front leg and swings hard to thump it over long-on

Rashid Khan to Saad Bin Zafar, no run, 86.5kph, fuller ball just outside off, pushed back to the bowler

Rashid Khan to Saad Bin Zafar, no run, googly outside off, Saad looks to cut off the back foot and misses

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Saad Bin Zafar, 1 run, back of a length, tucked around the corner