🏏ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026: M4: AFG vs NZ at Chennai on 08/02/26🏏- Page 6

New Zealand won by 5 wkts.

Congratulations to New Zealand for winning the match with 13 balls to spare.

Two crucial points here for New Zealand - they have done it by recording their highest successful run chase in T20 World Cups. 183 was a challenging target. When Mujeeb went through the defences of Finn Allen and Rachin Ravindra Afghanistan had their tails up. They had high hopes of beating New Zealand for the second time in as many T20 WC games, having outclassed them in 2024. But the difference this time was Tim Seifert counterattacking in the powerplay. He has played in the sub-continent across global leagues. He had played on tough CPL pitches as well and he can handle spin.

It helped immensely that Phillips found his way to handle Mujeeb as well and towards the end of the powerplay, he managed to pick up pace

Congratulations to NZ for their win against AFG.

Two crucial points here for New Zealand - they have done it by recording their highest successful run chase in the T20 World Cups. 183 was a challenging target. When Mujeeb went through the defences of Finn Allen and Rachin Ravindra Afghanistan had their tails up. They had high hopes of beating New Zealand for the second time in as many T20 WC games, having outclassed them in 2024. But the difference this time was Tim Seifert's counterattack in the power play. He has played across global leagues in the subcontinent. He had played on tough CPL pitches as well, and he can handle spin. He ensured Mujeeb made no more inroads by playing with a straight bat. And he smashed Farooqi for 4 fours and 1 six in the 11 balls he faced off the left-armer in the powerplay. The plan was simple. Handle spin carefully and attack the pacers in the powerplay.

Congratulations New Zealand National Cricket Team (Mens) for winning today's match

Congratulations Tim Seifert for winning POTM

Congratulations to Tim Seifert for winning the Player of the match award.

That concludes the proceedings for Match 4.