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Afghanistan vs New Zealand Scorecard, Match 4, ICC T20 World Cup
Result · Feb 08 2026, Sun - 11:00 AM (IST)
AFGHANISTAN182/6
NEW ZEALAND183/5
New Zealand won by 5 wickets
CRR:10.26
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | 20/20 World Cup |
| Date: | Feb 08 2026, Sun - 11:00 AM (IST) |
| Country: | India |
| City: | Chennai |
| Venue: | M.A. Chidambaram Stadium |
| Toss: | Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat. |
| New Zealand Playing XI: | Finn Allen, Tim Seifert (wk), Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner (c), James Neesham, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Jacob Duffy |
| Afghanistan Playing XI: | Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan (c), Gulbadin Naib, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Zia ur-Rahman Sharifi |
- This is set to be the third men’s T20I between New Zealand and Afghanistan; the Black Caps recorded an eight-wicket victory in their inaugural meeting (7 November 2021 in Abu Dhabi – ICC Men’s T20 World Cup) and Afghanistan won their most recent clash by 84 runs (7 June 2024 in Providence – ICC Men’s T20 World Cup).
- New Zealand have won only one of all their five men’s T20Is in 2026 (L4) – a 50-run victory against India (28 January 2026 in Visakhapatnam); the Black Caps won each of their last three matches in the format in 2025.
- Afghanistan lost their most recent men’s T20I (22 January 2026 vs West Indies), snapping a six-match winning run in the format; they’ve won their opening match in three of their last four appearances at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup (L1).
- New Zealand have won their last two ICC Men’s T20 World Cup matches; the last time the Black Caps recorded a longer winning run in the tournament was a five-match span from October to November in 2021.
- New Zealand (59.1%) and Afghanistan (51.4%) recorded the best and third best bowling dot ball rates of any teams at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 (Pakistan – 55.9%).
- New Zealand recorded the best bowling economy rate (5.1), bowling average (11.7) and joint-best bowling strike rate (13.8, also West Indies) of any team at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024.
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 30.5% of Afghanistan’s runs when he played at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, the best rate of any player for a team in the tournament.
- Finn Allen (New Zealand) has scored 335 runs at an average of 67 across his last five T20 innings (x4 Big Bash League, x1 T20I) including 80 against India last time out.
- Fazalhaq Farooqi (Afghanistan) recorded a bowling strike rate of 8.9 at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, the best of any player to take more than 10 wickets in the tournament.
- Ish Sodhi (162) is three away from becoming New Zealand’s all-time leading wicket taker in men’s T20I history (Tim Southee – 164); he’s taken 24 wickets at a strike rate of 13 across all his 17 T20I innings since the beginning of 2025.
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