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Canada vs UAE Highlights: In a thrilling match, UAE has defeated Canada by 5 wickets. In this match played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, Canada batted first and scored 150 runs. In reply, UAE registered a thrilling victory on the basis of stormy batting after a bad start. Aryansh scored a half-century for UAE, before that Junaid Siddiqui had taken 5 wickets.
In this match for UAE, Junaid Siddiqui took 5 wickets for 35 runs in 4 overs. He became the second bowler after Romario Shepherd to do so in the 2026 T20 World Cup. Due to his lethal bowling, UAE team restricted Canada to 150 runs.
UAE’s thrilling victory
The UAE team, which came to chase the target of 151 runs, made a very poor start in batting. At one time the UAE team had lost 4 wickets after scoring only 68 runs in 13 overs. After this, UAE batsmen achieved the target by scoring 83 runs in the next 40 balls. Despite a bad start, the UAE team won in the first 2 balls.
Aryansh Sharma returned unbeaten after scoring 74 runs in 53 balls, in this innings he hit 6 fours and 3 sixes. Meanwhile, the UAE team had lost wickets continuously, but Shoaib Khan supported Aryansh Sharma very well and made a partnership of 84 runs, taking his team to the threshold of victory.
If we look at the points table, after the 5-wicket win over Canada, the UAE team has come to third place in Group D. In this group, New Zealand and South Africa are still on top by winning both their matches. In such a situation, if UAE wants to remain in the race for Super-8, it will have to win the next matches also.
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