T20 World Cup 2026: Afghanistan Publish 182 vs New Zealand as Gulbadin Naib Smashes 63 – Imperial Wire

The fourth match of the T20 World Cup 2026 is being performed immediately, i.e., on Sunday, February 8. This match is between New Zealand and Afghanistan on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. After profitable the toss and deciding to bat first, Afghanistan has scored 182 runs for the lack of 6 wickets of their 20 overs. Gulbadin Naib has scored a blistering 63 runs off simply 35 balls for Afghanistan.

Profitable the toss and selecting to bat first, Afghanistan began properly with Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmanullah Gurbaz. The duo scored 35 runs for the primary wicket. However, Lockie Ferguson struck his first blow for the Afghan crew, dismissing Ibrahim Zadran for 10 runs earlier than the top of the powerplay. Ferguson then clear bowled Gurbaz (27) with the final ball of the identical over.

After shedding two wickets within the powerplay, Sediqullah and Gulbadin carried out brilliantly, placing on 79 runs for the third wicket and taking the rating previous 100. Gulbadin accomplished his half-century off 29 balls. Nonetheless, Sediqullah returned to the pavilion shortly thereafter, scoring 29 runs off 24 balls. Gulbadin continued his aggressive batting even after this, however he misplaced his wicket to Rachin’s ball. Gulbadin performed an innings of 63 runs in 35 balls with the assistance of three fours and 4 sixes.

In the long run, for Afghanistan, Darwish Rasooli scored 20 runs in 13 balls, Azmatullah Umarzai scored 14 runs in 7 balls and Mohammad Nabi scored an unbeaten 10 runs, taking the rating to 182. For New Zealand, Lockie Ferguson took two wickets, Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy and Rachin Ravindra took one wicket every.