Canada bowl as Afghanistan miss Noor Ahmad

Toss Canada selected to bowl vs Afghanistan

Canada will bowl first in opposition to Afghanistan after profitable the toss on this closing Group D match of 2026’s T20 World Cup.

Both groups have made one change to their XIs. Afghanistan have determined to swap wristspinner Noor Ahmad for tempo bowler Abdollah Ahmadzai, whereas Canada have recalled left-arm fast Kaleem Sana for off spinner Shivam Sharma.

That each groups have determined to lean extra in the direction of seam slightly than spin suggests how they see circumstances below foot in Chennai. Canada skipper Dilpreet Bajwa cited the dew issue as a key issue for opting to chase.

Canada has expertise of circumstances at Chepauk, following their eight-wicket defeat to New Zealand right here on Tuesday. Despite the outcome, it was opener Yuvraj Samra who stole the present, with 110, off 65 deliveries, that made him the youngest man to register a World Cup century.

Meanwhile, Rashid Khan lamented his aspect’s early exit, believing they had been rocked too laborious by the dramatic double Super Over loss in opposition to South Africa. However, I’ve vowed to finish on a excessive be aware in entrance of a crowd teeming with Afghanistan followers.

“It’s not been the kind of end we wanted in this competition,” stated Rashid. “We wanted to be in the Super Eight, we wanted to be in the Super Four. The game against South Africa didn’t go our way and put us down.

“We’ll carry our greatest vitality, our greatest recreation and we’ll end off properly.”

Navneet Dhaliwal will finish her Canadian profession on Thursday. The 37-year-old former captain is already their highest scorer within the shortest format. Ravindrepal Singh, who didn’t make the XI, may even retire after this match.

The match is a lifeless rubber, with each groups out of competition for the Super Eight stage, and can solely resolve the ultimate placement of the groups of their group.

Afghanistan: 1 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), 2 Ibrahim Zadran, 3 Gulbadin Naib, 4 Sediqullah Atal, 5 Darwish Rasooli, 6 Azmatullah Omarzai, 7 Mohammad Nabi, 8 Rashid Khan (capt), 9 Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 10 Abdullah Amazdzai, 11 Ziaur Rahman

Canada: 1 Dilpreet Bajwa (capt), 2 Yuvraj Samra, 3 Navneet Dhaliwal, 4 Harsh Thaker, 5 Nicholas Kirton, 6 Shreyas Movva, 7 Saad Bin Zafar, 8 Dilon Heyliger, 9 Jaskaran Singh, 10 Kaleem Sana, 11 Ansh Patel