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| Venue | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai on 8th February 2026 (20-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | New Zealand won by 5 wickets |
| Points | Afghanistan 0; New Zealand 2 |
| Umpires | L Rusere (Zimbabwe), AG Wharf (England) |
| TV umpire | AT Holdstock (South Africa) |
| Referee | RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka) |
| Reserve Umpire | Gazi Sohel (Bangladesh) |
| Player of the Match | TL Seifert |
| Afghanistan innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | Dots | S-Rate | |
| +Rahmanullah Gurbaz | b Ferguson | 27 | 22 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 122.73 |
| Ibrahim Zadran | c Phillips b Ferguson | 10 | 12 | 25 | 1 | - | 7 | 83.33 |
| Gulbadeen Naib | c Seifert b Ravindra | 63 | 35 | 59 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 180.00 |
| Sediqullah Atal | c Seifert b Duffy | 29 | 24 | 40 | 2 | - | 5 | 120.83 |
| Darwish Rasooli | c Phillips b Henry | 20 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 153.85 |
| Azmatullah Omarzai | run out (Neesham->Ferguson) | 14 | 7 | 13 | - | 2 | 3 | 200.00 |
| Mohammad Nabi | not out | 10 | 7 | 8 | - | 1 | 2 | 142.86 |
| *Rashid Khan | did not bat | |||||||
| Mujeeb Zadran | did not bat | |||||||
| Ziaur Rahman | did not bat | |||||||
| Fazal Haque | did not bat | |||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 6 w) | 9 | ||||||
| Total | (6 wickets, innings closed, 99 minutes, 20 overs) | 182 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-35 (Ibrahim Zadran, 5.1 ov), 2-44 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 5.6 ov), 3-123 (Sediqullah Atal, 14.3 ov), 4-156 (Gulbadeen Naib, 17.2 ov), 5-164 (Darwish Rasooli, 18.1 ov), 6-182 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 19.6 ov) | ||||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | Econ |
| Henry | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 | - | - | 11 | 1 | 1 | 24.00 | 6.75 |
| Duffy | 3 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 2 | - | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18.00 | 10.00 |
| Ferguson | 4 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 1 | - | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12.00 | 10.00 |
| Neesham | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 11.00 |
| Santner | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | 5.75 |
| Phillips | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 12.00 |
| Ravindra | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 6.00 | 14.00 |
| New Zealand innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | Dots | S-Rate | |
| +TL Seifert | c Azmatullah Omarzai b Mohammad Nabi | 65 | 42 | 62 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 154.76 |
| FH Allen | b Mujeeb Zadran | 1 | 2 | 7 | - | - | 1 | 50.00 |
| R Ravindra | b Mujeeb Zadran | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 0.00 |
| GD Phillips | b Rashid Khan | 42 | 25 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 168.00 |
| MS Chapman | c Rashid Khan b Azmatullah Omarzai | 28 | 17 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 164.71 |
| DJ Mitchell | not out | 25 | 14 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 178.57 |
| *MJ Santner | not out | 17 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 212.50 |
| JDS Neesham | did not bat | |||||||
| MJ Henry | did not bat | |||||||
| LH Ferguson | did not bat | |||||||
| JA Duffy | did not bat | |||||||
| Extras | (2 nb, 3 w) | 5 | ||||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 90 minutes, 17.5 overs) | 183 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-14 (Allen, 1.3 ov), 2-14 (Ravindra, 1.4 ov), 3-88 (Phillips, 9.2 ov), 4-124 (Seifert, 12.5 ov), 5-155 (Chapman, 15.4 ov) | ||||||||
| Afghanistan bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | Econ |
| Fazal Haque | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | 12.50 |
| Mujeeb Zadran | 4 | 0 | 31 | 2 | - | - | 11 | 4 | 1 | 12.00 | 7.75 |
| Azmatullah Omarzai | 3.5 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 23.00 | 10.43 |
| Rashid Khan | 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 3 | 1 | 24.00 | 9.00 |
| Ziaur Rahman | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 11.00 |
| Mohammad Nabi | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6.00 | 18.00 |