Chennai: Canada won the toss and elected to field first against Afghanistan in the 39th match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Thursday.
Playing XIs
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (week), Ibrahim Sadran, Kulbadin Naib, Sediqullah Atal, Darweesh Rasooli, Asmatullah Umarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan (catch), Mujeeb ur Rahman, Abdullah Amatzai and Ziaur Rahman.
Canada: Yuvraj Samra, Dilpreet Bajwa (catch), Navneet Dhaliwal, Harsh Thackeray, Nicholas Kirton, Shreyas Mowwa, Saad Bin Zafar, Dilon Heilikar, Jaskaran Singh Kaleem Sana and Ansh Patel.
head-to-head
Afghanistan and Canada have met twice in the shortest format and the former dominates the head-to-head record with two wins.
Competitions: 2
Afghanistan: 2
Canada: 0