Afghanistan vs UAE, T20 World Cup 2026: Live Score Updates

Oh, unlucky for the bowler but the keeper does well here.

Good change-up from Jawadullah. Goes seam-up and slips in a fuller delivery just across the off stump. Azmatullah Omarzai swings and misses.

WIDE! Marginal but seems like the right call. Slower one, bowled very full and well outside off, Omarzai fails to get any bat on it.

Slightly fuller and outside off, dabbed away wide of short third for a quick single.

Goes for the wide yorker, does Jawadullah and gets it pretty spot-on. Omarzai extends the arms and slashes it to deep backward point for just a single.

Muhammad Jawadullah to bowl the penultimate over.

Junaid closes the over out decently after that six off the first ball, and Afghanistan now need 17 runs off 12 balls. Back of a length, slower and wider of the off stump, Omarzai pats it through cover-point for a run.

Oh, uppish but in the gap as well. Pitched up, full and outside off, Azmatullah Omarzai lunges and lofts the cover drive wide of long off for a couple of handy runs.

A bit slower, back of a length and outside off, tapped away wide of point for a single by Nabi.

There is still life left in the United Arab Emirates. Mohammad Nabi comes out to the middle now.

OUT! BOWLED'EM! Junaid Siddique strikes back and uproots one of the set batters. Junaid goes searching for the straight yorker, doesn't quite land it perfectly but it is relatively full and dead straight. It tails in a hint as well, Darwish Rasooli hangs back and has a swoosh across the line but ends up playing all around it. The ball zips through and castles into the stumps, ending Rasooli's knock of 33 (23). 21 needed off 15 now.

Fullish length, in and around off, Omarzai shows the full face of the blade and pushes it down to long off for a single.

SIX! Again, the over starts with a big hit and Afghanistan are cantering towards the finish line at the moment. A back-of-the-hand slower ball from Junaid, shortish length and around off. Azmatullah Omarzai picks it well, waits a bit and then belts it over long off for a biggie. 22 needed now off 17 balls.

Junaid Siddique (2-0-7-1) comes back into the attack.

Another one in the blockhole from Arfan, just outside off. This is squeezed down to deep backward point for a single. 14 off the over, just 28 needed now off 18 balls.

A yorker, around the sixth stump line. Rasooli jams it out to backward point for a single.

Full and straight once more, Darwish Rasooli slogs it across between deep square leg and deep mid-wicket again. This time, the fielder from the former region is able to slide to his left and cut it off. Two taken.

FOUR! An agricultural heave from Rasooli this time and he manages to find the gap as well. Full and angled in at the toes, Rasooli takes the front leg out of the way and smacks it between deep mid-wicket and long on for a boundary.

What a comeback delivery from Arfan. He jams in the yorker on the off stump line, Rasooli can't do anything but to dig it out.

SIX! High and handsome from Rasooli! Fuller than a good length and around off, slightly in the slot. Darwish Rasooli gets a good stride in and powers it into the second tier beyond the wide long off fence for a biggie. Perfect start to the over for Afghanistan.