🏏ICC Men's T20 W C 2026: Group D, M 28: AFG vs UAE at Delhi🏏 - Page 5

Afghanistan need 17 runs in 12 balls

United Arab Emirates

160/9

Afghanistan

(18.2/20 ov, T:161) 147/5

Afghanistan need 14 runs in 10 balls.

Stats view

Current RR: 8.01

• Required RR: 8.40

• Last 5 ov (RR): 49/1 (9.80)

Win Probability

AFG 84.62%

UAE 15.38%

Muhammad Jawadullah to Azmatullah Omarzai, no run

18.3

Muhammad Jawadullah to Azmatullah Omarzai, no run, on a good length and pushed across the right-hander - Omarzai shapes for the drive and is undone by the angle - 14 needed off 8 balls

Afghanistan won by 5 wkts

AFG

162 - 5(19.2)

CRR8.38

TAR161

Jenish: "The most effective way to popularize cricket globally is by including T20 cricket in the Olympics and major world championship events. Olympic recognition motivates nations to invest seriously in the sport, as the opportunity to compete for a medal creates national pride and government support."

Congratulations to AFG for their win against UAE.

Heartbreak for UAE, but Afghanistan will be pretty relieved. They cling on to slim Super-8 hopes, but this win confirms South Africa's place in the next round, they become the third team after West Indies and India to get a 'Q' mark against their name. 160 was just about par on this pitch, but UAE made Afghanistan sweat. Rahmanullah Gurbaz was sent packing for a duck, Gulbadin Naib and Sediqullah Atal got started and failed to convert them into bigger scores. Ibrahim Zadran held on and made a half-century, but his dismissal brought UAE back into the contest. It needed a calm nerve and Azmatullah Omarzai had plenty of them - he backed up his 4-wicket haul with an unbeaten 21-ball 40 to haul his team out of trouble and into the points tally. Muhammad Arfan bowled well for his 2 wickets, but UAE probably will look at the mid-innings slump as the reason for the loss today.

Congratulations to Afghanistan for winning the match by 5 wickets.

Congratulations to Azmatullah Omarzai for winning the Player of the match award.

Azmatullah Omarzai | Player of the Match - I'm very happy with my performance. I was trying to bowl in the hard length and hit the pitch hard. It was funny for us (on the first ball non-wicket). First ball was a wicket, but the ball didn't didn't carry and I took four wickets again. That first wicket got the momentum for us. When I went to bat, I looked at the scoreboard. There were a lot of balls for us. We needed to play straight and rotate the strike. And I was speaking to my partner, just play straight and we were waiting for the bad ball. It was a good game where everyone did really well and everyone did hard work (on the South Africa game), but the result did not work our way, but we came back really well and hope we will do it again in the next match.

UAE spinners at T20 WC 2026

Overs: 21

Runs conceded: 176

Wickets: 0

ER: 8.38

Dot%: 26.1%

They are the only team to not have a single wicket to spin in the competition so far.

Afghanistan chasing 140-plus targets at T20 WC

Matches: 15

Won: 4 (including today)

Lost: 10

Tied: 1 (Lost in double Super Over vs SA)

Muhammad Waseem - To be honest, it was a good game. Boys fought well. We were short by 10-15 runs, with the ball, we gave 2-3 extra boundaries and that cost us the game. We lost two early wickets, but the way Alishan and Sohail batted was good. Ali got out at the wrong time and we fell short by 10-15 runs. We wanted to fight till the last ball, we were hungry for victory, excellent effort in the field by the boys. Last game against South Africa, it's a different ball-game, we'll come prepared to show the world our talent.