Final game for Dhaliwal, Ravinderpal in Canada colours

Thu, 19 February 2026

18:55

Canada have won the toss and they will bowl against Afghanistan in their last league game of the T20 World Cup at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

Canada skipper Dilpreet Bajwa said at the toss that Navneet Dhaliwal and Ravinderpal Singh will retire from Cricket Canada after this game.

"We will bowl first. The wicket didn't change much in the last game and also because of the dew factor. We have to fight stronger with the ball and not concede too many loose balls. Navneet Dhaliwal and Ravinderpal Singh, they are retiring from Cricket Canada. Final game for them. It's very sad moment for cricket Canada. Both of them are legends. One is our run machine and one is our energy machine, so we are gonna miss them and hopefully it is a good opportunity for upcoming youngsters in Canada," he said.

Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan said: "Not the kind of end we wanted in this competition and I feel we have that skills, but just that game against South Africa put us down. We need to make the nation proud and want to finish off well."

Let's have a look at the Playing XIs:

Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Wicketkeeper), Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan (Captain), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Ziaur Rahman Sharifi, Abdullah Ahmadzai.

Canada: Yuvraj Samra, Dilpreet Bajwa (Captain), Navneet Dhaliwal, Harsh Thaker, Nicholas Kirton, Shreyas Movva (Wicketkeeper), Saad Bin Zafar, Dilon Heyliger, Jaskaran Singh, Kaleem Sana, Ansh Patel.

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