AFG vs UAE Match 28 Highlights - Delhi (16 February 2026)

Fuller delivery, outside off, angling across the batter, Azmatullah Omarzai throws his hands at it but misses.

Pitched up and on off, Azmatullah Omarzai drills it towards mid off for a single.

FOUR! A much-needed boundary for Afghanistan! Muhammad Jawadullah looks for the yorker, but just serves this on the pads. Darwish Rasooli manages to glance it away, beating the dive of Simranjeet Singh at short fine to his left for a boundary.

Safe! Back of a length and on middle, takes pace off, Darwish Rasooli looks to work it across the line but gets a leading edge. It lobs up in the air but lands well in front of mid off. A single taken.

Run out chance! Hard length and around off, Azmatullah Omarzai punches it past point for a run and turns back for the second. Haider Ali, in the deep, picks up the ball but throws it at the wrong end. He tries to score a direct hit at the bowler's end, but the throw should have been at the other end, where Omarzai was struggling. Muhammad Jawadullah is not happy at all.

Good length and on off, Azmatullah Omarzai runs it down to deep third for one.

On a shortish length around off, Azmatullah Omarzai gets his hands through and swats it to deep cover for just a run.

Nagging length on off, angling in, Rasooli goes back in his crease and eases it through mid off for one more.

SIX! Just over the top of the fielder in the deep. Full and flat on middle, Azmatullah Omarzai backs away a bit and hammers it flat towards deep cover. Sohaib Khan over there is a few yards inside the ropes and leaps up brilliantly but Azmat gets just enough elevation to clear him.

Dragged length, eased through the off side for a single.

Oh, catching opportunity but it lands short! Nagging length, angled into the stumps and this one just stops on the batter. Darwish Rasooli backs away to cut but ends up slicing it back to the bowler. Singh gets rooted in the followthrough, expecting the ball to come towards him but it falls short and Singh can't lunge ahead to grab it.

Short and outside off, tapped away through cover-point for a single. 42 needed now off 24 balls.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Oh, unlucky for the bowler but the keeper does well here. Slower delivery, full and slanted well across off. Azmatullah Omarzai has another wild swing at it and gets a big outside edge that falls well short of the keeper. Aryansh Sharma does well to lunge and get his body behind the line of the ball. Another dot ball.

SIX! Azmatullah Omarzai has recovered the last two dots and he is coming up clutch for his team. Hard length, angled across off and there's just too much width on it. Omarzai reaches out and gets a hold of the lofted shot, nailing it over deep cover for a biggie. The 150 is now up for Afghanistan.

FOUR! Oh, that's a bit cruel on the bowler but that should be the game sealed for Afghanistan. A full ball targeting the leg stump, Azmatullah Omarzai clears the front leg to heave but gets an inside edge past leg stump and the ball rolls away into the fine leg fence. Just 4 needed now off 6 balls.

Back of a length and outside off, Nabi goes for the flat-batted shot but toe-ends it towards mid off. The fielder is at the edge of the circle and they pinch a single with ease. 3 needed off 5, UAE need wickets to make things interesting. 

FOUR! Azmatullah Omarzai ends proceedings in style and brings up Afghanistan's first win of the campaign. Dug in short and outside off, Omarzai stands tall and slaps the ball like a tennis forehand, powering it over extra cover for a boundary. AFGHANISTAN WIN BY 5 WICKETS!