Afghanistan vs Canada Prediction & Betting Tips - ICC Men's T20 World Cup
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by Devesh Jaganath | in ICC T20 World Cup Predictions
Group D at the 2026 ICC T20 World Cup will conclude with Afghanistan taking on Canada at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Thursday. The Afghan Atalans and the Maple Leafers are third and fifth in the group standings, respectively. Let’s get into the match prediction.
After reaching the semi-final of the 2026 T20 World Cup, Afghanistan have failed to follow up this year, losing two of their three matches, and they are now out of contention to progress to the Super 8s.
The Atalans’ sole victory in the competition came against the UAE by five wickets in their last match. Rahmanullah Gurbaz is the team’s only batter to surpass 100 runs in the tournament to date.
Afghanistan have won seven of their last 10 T20Is and beat this opponent in their only previous encounter by five wickets way back in February 2010.
Meanwhile, Canada have struggled to keep up with the heavyweights in Group D, losing all three of their matches against South Africa (by 57 runs), the UAE (by 5 wickets) and New Zealand (by 8 wickets).
The one bright spot of their campaign was Yuvraj Samra’s knock of 110 against NZ. The 19-year-old became the youngest centurion and first from an associate nation to record 100+ in a T20 World Cup.
Canada have now lost their last five T20 matches in a row, with their last listed victory coming against Bermuda in June last year.
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Afghanistan - Canada Key Points
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz is Afghanistan’s highest run-scorer in this competition.
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz has a batting average of 26.2 in T20Is.
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz has scored 26.5+ runs in four of his last five innings.
- Canada have conceded over 150 runs in each of their last five matches.
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Our Afghanistan vs Canada Prediction
While Afghanistan cannot progress to the Super 8s in this year’s T20 World Cup, they will want to end the tournament on a positive note, and players will be looking to impress, with several domestic T20 tournaments across the globe to come later this year.
One player that we feel will shine in this match is Rahmanullah Gurbaz, who will want to make amends for his failure against New Zealand in the last match. We fancy the Afghan opener to score at least 27 runs in this one. Our Afghanistan vs Canada prediction is Rahmanullah Gurbaz over 26.5 runs.
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