AFG vs CAN: Afghanistan has registered a big victory in its last match of T20 World Cup 2026. They have defeated Canada by 82 runs. With this, he not only bid farewell to his journey in the tournament with victory, but also bid farewell to his coach Jonathan Trott.

The hero of the victory against Canada was Ibrahim Zadran, who dedicated his player of the match medal to coach Jonathan Trott.

Afghanistan beat Canada by 82 runs

In the last match of Group D, Afghanistan had set a lofty target of 201 runs for Canada to win. Chasing such a big target, the Canadian team could score only 118 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs and lost the match. With this defeat, Canada remained among those teams which did not win a single match in the tournament. Whereas Afghanistan registered its second win in its 4 matches played in the group stage.

Ibrahim Zadran played a big innings, broke the record

The heroes of Afghanistan's victory against Canada were its spinners, but the biggest hero was its batsman Ibrahim Zadran.

Ibrahim, who came to open, remained unbeaten till the end and scored 95 runs in 56 balls, which included 7 fours and 5 sixes. Thanks to Ibrahim's innings, Afghanistan, batting first, scored 200 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs. During this innings, Ibrahim also broke the record of his opening partner Rahmanullah Gurbaz.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz became the Afghan batsman who played the biggest innings in the history of T20 World Cup by playing an innings of 84 runs in the match against South Africa.

But, by the end of the tournament, Ibrahim Zadran broke that record. Now the batsman who has played the biggest innings for Afghanistan in the history of T20 World Cup is Ibrahim Zadran.

Sent off coach Jonathan Trott with victory

Afghanistan's victory against Canada was special because through it they also bid farewell to their coach Jonathan Trott with the victory. This was the last match of former England cricketer Jonathan Trott for Afghanistan as head coach. In such a situation, this victory was special not only for Trott but for the entire Afghan team.

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