AFG vs WI Match 8 Highlights - Bengaluru (04 February 2026)

SIX! Plays it effortlessly! Slightly full, a slider, around off, Matthew Forde gets on his knee and lofts it over long on for a six. 

SIX! Same result! Carbon copy of the previous ball! Tossed up, fuller and around off, angled across the batter. Matthew Forde gets underneath the ball and launches it over long on for a biggie.

Changes the angle and bowls it short, wide of off. Matthew Forde slaps it wide of sweeper cover for a brace.

FOUR! 100 up for West Indies and Matthew Forde has ignited a fightback through this over. Too short and too wide, Forde carves it to point where the fielder lets it through his hands and it rolls to the fence.

Looped up, on a length and around off, MF taps it to point.

Slides it full and on middle and leg, flicked to deep mid-wicket for a single. 19 runs off the over.

A skiddy short ball on leg, Forde misses the flick and the ball goes off the hips down to short fine leg for a leg bye.

That's a peach from Farooqi. A vicious bumper now, over middle, comes in around helmet height. Jason Holder looks to take it on but is well beaten.

Full and straight, right in the blockhole, Holder toe-ends the drive down to long on and picks up a single.

Another full-length delivery around off, Forde drills it to the left of long on but it will just be a single.

Full and wide outside off, slower too, Holder reaches out but only gets an inside edge that rolls down to the keeper.

Short of a good length and over off, Holder hangs back and hoicks it away to the right of deep mid-wicket and picks up a single. 

Very full, o off stump, Holder stays deep in the crease and swats it down to long on for a single.

Too hot to handle! Dug in short and outside off, hurries through as well. Forde leans back to pull but is well beaten.

WIDE. Slower length ball, spilled down the leg side for a wide.

Full again and outside off, Forde hangs back and slashes it up and over cover-point for a couple of runs.

FOUR! Barely a catching opportunity for the keeper and Matthew Forde picks up a boundary. Hard length outside off, Forde shuffles across and gets inside the lie, lapping it off the cue end of the blade. Rahmanullah Gurbaz springs to his left but the ball kisses the left glove and races through to the fine leg fence.

Extra bounce! Back of a length and outside off, Forde throws his hands at it but is comprehensively beaten.

Another swing and a miss from Forde. Dug in a bit shorter and outside off, Forde looks to fetch and pull but misses.

Pitched up, fuller and around off. Holder goes deep in the crease and drives it down to long on for a run.

Full and outside off, Forde leans back and laces the drive but hits it straight to sweeper cover for one more.

Shorter in length, slower too. Holder pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

That's well bowled. A straight yorker, nailed around middle and leg. Forde jams it out to mid on for a single.

FOUR! Holder finally gets one away. Full and straight, in the slot this time. Holder hangs back and swings through the line, hammering it back over the bowler's head for a boundary.

Very full and around off, jammed down to long off for a single.

FOUR! Jason Holder is looking to finish with a flourish here. Pitched up, full and on leg stump, Holder clears the front leg and heaves it wide of deep mid-wicket for a boundary.

Another full ball, wide outside off, and Holder fails to jam it out.

Short of a length and wide outside off, Holder reaches out andsmacks it to deep cover for a single.

WIDE. That's flown through. A heavy short ball from Omarzai, dug in over middle and the ball sails just over Forde's head.

SIX! Oh, that's been belted away. Overpitched on middle, angling in. Matthew Forde hangs deep, gets low and clobbers it over long on for a huge six.

SIX! That's raw muscle from Forde. Back of a length and around off, Forde presses back in the crease and lifts it over wide long off for another biggie.

Full and wide outside off, dug out through covers for a single. 19 off the over.

A full ball outside off, Forde shuffles right across to lap but ends up cue-ending it behind square leg for a single

FOUR! Up and over. Length ball around off, Jason Holder holds his shape and slaps it over covers for a boundary. West Indies showing what they are capable of but unfortunately for them, it won't be enough.

WIDE. A slower bumper, flirting with the tramline outside off. Holder leaves it alone for a wide.

A straight yorker, Holder can only jam it down to long on for a single.

FOUR! Poor delivery and Forde is just two runs away from a half-century. Full toss on leg stump, Forde picks it up and flicks it high and to the right of deep backward square leg for a boundary.

FOUR! Sensational hitting and Matthew Forde brings up his FIFTY. Full and outside off, in the slot again. Forde hangs deep and drills it through extra cover for another boundary.

Ziaur Rahman finishes things off with a perfect yorker and Afghanistan trump West Indies. Very full and tailing back into the toes. Matthew Forde looks to dig it out but ends up getting nutmegged. West Indies finish with 159/7 and Afghanistan win the game by 23 runs.