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Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan became the archetypal subordinate to execute 700 T20 wickets during Afghanistan’s group-stage lucifer against the United Arab Emirates (UAE), being played astatine the Arun Jaitley Stadium successful Delhi connected Monday (February 16, 2026).
He got 1 wicket successful the match, conceding 24 runs successful his 4 overs arsenic Afghanistan halted the UAE to 160/9 successful 20 overs aft inviting them to bat first.
The 27-year-old Afghanistan skipper achieved the feat during the 16th implicit successful the archetypal innings erstwhile helium dismissed Muhammad Arfan by a hit-wicket. Arfan made zero runs disconnected 2 balls, earlier his wicket portion trying a reverse expanse against the ace spinner.
Afghan spinner is mode up of immoderate different cricketer successful presumption of wickets successful the shortest format. Retired West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo is successful 2nd spot with 631 wickets. Among the progressive players, Sunil Narine is down Rashid with 613 wickets and is 3rd wide successful the list.
Rashid is besides the starring wicket-taker successful the T20 Internationals with 191 wickets. The 2nd spot is occupied by retired New Zealand seamer Tim Southee (164), and his compatriot Ish Sodhi is successful 3rd spot with 162 wickets. Sodhi is portion of the Black Caps successful this tournament.
Afghanistan are looking to pursuit down a humble people of 161 runs to stay live successful the contention for the Super 8 of the competition.
Azmatullah Omarzai was the champion bowler for Afghanistan arsenic helium picked up 4 wickets portion conceding 15 runs successful his 4 overs. Mujeeb Ur Rahman besides took a mates of wickets.
Alishan Sharafu made 40 runs disconnected 31 balls, and Sohaib Khan’s 68 runs disconnected 48 balls helped the UAE acceptable a challenging people for the Afghans arsenic they are inactive searching for their archetypal triumph of the tournament.
Afghanistan’s past group-stage fixture is against Canada, scheduled for Thursday successful Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium.
