New Zealand (183/5) ease past Afghanistan (182/6) by 5 wickets in match 4 of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026

[globetrotter]

NZ is favorite now

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Phillips gone

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Good support for Afghan in stadium. Nice to see. Decent atmosphere for neutral match.

 

[Asif321]

Rash Keeps afghans in hunt

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

They should have scheduled Afghanistan's matches in New Delhi. There is a sizable Afghan population in Delhi.

 

[Asif321]

Seifert makes it look easy

 

[Asif321]

Match dropped

 

[Devadwal]

Mitchell, santner, neesham yet to come, NZ is favourite

 

[Asif321]

They should have scheduled Afghanistan's matches in New Delhi. There is a sizable Afghan population in Delhi.

Kitna favour karoghe . Bus karo

 

[Human786]

Easy from here ...75 from 48

 

[Human786]

Kitna favour karoghe . Bus karo

Viru ka Afghani padosi Chilgoze khilata hai ...

 

[Human786]

Nabi has finished the game ... 63 from 45

 

[Asif321]

Nabi the old horse .

 

[Devadwal]

Back to back sixes for sefiert. Top knock

 

[Asif321]

Seifert has killed the game . What a badtameez tagda player

 

[Devadwal]

Gone but killed the Game , well played seifert.

 

[Vikram1989]

Mitchell wicket will be crucial now.kiwis need some anchor against the spinners.

 

[Devadwal]

Mitchell wicket will be crucial now.kiwis need some anchor against the spinners.

Game is over for Afghanistan. 57 from 7 over is nothing target.

 

[Devadwal]

I already said NZ is second favourite to win This tournament. I'll not surprised if India vs NZ final happen

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Afghan spinners bowling too fast. Santner was bowling in the 70's and making the batters reach for the ball.

 

[saabir]

Why no one playing the anchor role like Babar played for Pakistan.. every new batsman looks to score freely.. anchor at this stage will put Afghanistan back into the match

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Why no one playing the anchor role like Babar played for Pakistan.. every new batsman looks to score freely.. anchor at this stage will put Afghanistan back into the match

Babar is not anchoring. He just cannot bat anymore.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Game is over for Afghanistan. 57 from 7 over is nothing target.

Tune kis team par 10 rupees lagaye aaj?

 

[Asif321]

Why no one playing the anchor role like Babar played for Pakistan.. every new batsman looks to score freely.. anchor at this stage will put Afghanistan back into the match

Babar couldn’t even do that yesterday .

 

[SpiritOf1903]

Brain-dead

 

[globetrotter]

Match is a cliff hanger.... though NZ have an edge

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Lack of discipline from Afghans.

Good match though.

 

[globetrotter]

Congratulations NZ

 

[BouncerGuy]

Who is this zia ur rehman... Useless bowler... Where is noor ahmed???

 

[Devadwal]

Match is a cliff hanger.... though NZ have an edge

Are we watching same game. NZ is almost won and give me 30k profit.

 

[Devadwal]

Who is this zia ur rehman... Useless bowler... Where is noor ahmed???

Must be some parchi selection ! Never heard of him earlier before this game.

 

[Devadwal]

Apart from early two wicket , NZ was always in control in this Chase.

 

[Asif321]

Seifert and Philips changed the whole game

 

[Asif321]

That will be end for Afghanistan this WC

 

[gazza619]

Commiserations India.

 

[globetrotter]

Are we watching same game. NZ is almost won and give me 30k profit.

They are posting my post late

 

[gazza619]

Apart from early two wicket , NZ was always in control in this Chase.

What will we do without your expert comments & insights.

 

[Pakistan150-0]

Indian friend team defeated easily by Newzealand

 

[gazza619]

Are we watching same game. NZ is almost won and give me 30k profit.

30k profit?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Disingenous from Ian Smith. Saying that the reason that NZ beat Afghans this time was because they played warm ups unlike last time.

No mention of Conway and Williamson bring replaced having an impact

 

[BouncerGuy]

TALK ABOUT THE MATCH HERE

 

[Devadwal]

Disingenous from Ian Smith. Saying that the reason that NZ beat Afghans this time was because they played warm ups unlike last time.

No mention of Conway and Williamson bring replaced having an impact

You're also underrated them when they announce the squad. This is best NZ team to play in World T20

 

[Nikhil_cric]

You're also underrated them when they announce the squad. This is best NZ team to play in World T20

I said I don't agree with Conway, Bracewell and Neesham selections.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Team make up let Afghanistan down. Going in with too many seamers here was wrong on so many levels.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Who is this Zia ur rahman . Why not play noor ahmed

Especially at chennai it was a tactically poor move. Noor is more important than Rashid khan here.

 

[Devadwal]

I said I don't agree with Conway, Bracewell and Neesham selections.

Bracewell is a handy allrounder for subcontinent condition. Conway is useless but they don't need him .

Are you going to watch the New Zealand vs. South Africa match at the Narendra Modi Stadium on February 14th? I have two tickets and will be visiting the world's largest cricket stadium for the first time

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Bracewell is a handy allrounder for subcontinent condition. Conway is useless but they don't need him .

Are you going to watch the New Zealand vs. South Africa match at the Narendra Modi Stadium on February 14th? I have two tickets and will be visiting the world's largest cricket stadium for the first time

No brother. No matches in Bangalore so I'll be watching from home only

 

[globetrotter]

Congratulations NZ

Why you are laughing? I was supporting both teams..... if the match was between Afg vs Pak.... Definitely I supported Afg

 

[Vikram1989]

After this match, Pak should be really careful against nz .Nz are now battle hardened against afg spinners on chennai pitch.They are professional than Dutch to let go of any advantage.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Playing that deep batting lineup with Santner coming in at #8 and having Seifert instead of Conway makes such a difference.

If this was Conway , he would have looked to stabilise and lost this match in the PP itself. Seifert has counter attacked and put Afghans back under pressure.

Personally I feel that if there was ever a place to play Conway, it was here instead of Allen, who is not great against spin. Conway with his experience opening the batting at Chepauk would have been a better pick, but still, no harm done.

Still think Mitchell is batting too low. He should be at 5 with Chapman at 6.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Personally I feel that if there was ever a place to play Conway, it was here instead of Allen, who is not great against spin. Conway with his experience batting at Chepauk would have been a better pick, but still, no harm done.

Still think Mitchell is batting too low. He should be at 5 with Chapman at 6.

Yeah Mitchell has no business batting so low. I'd back him to bat at #4

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Yeah Mitchell has no business batting so low. I'd back him to bat at #4

I can understand them wanting to push Phillips at 4, eventhough Mitchell is a better fit for that position. But him batting at 6 is a travesty.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Seifert half-century helps NZ beat Afghanistan

Men's T20 World Cup, Group D, Chennai

Afghanistan 182-6 (20 overs): Gulbadin 63 (35); Ferguson 2-40

New Zealand 183-5 (17.5 overs): Seifert 65 (42); Mujeeb 2-31

New Zealand won by five wickets

New Zealand pulled off their highest run chase in T20 World Cup history as they opened their Group D campaign with a five-wicket win over Afghanistan.

Set a tricky 183 in Chennai, the Black Caps recovered from a parlous 14-2 thanks to opener Tim Seifert's 65 off 42 balls.

The Kiwis still had work to do at 155-5 with four overs remaining but Daryl Mitchell and Mitchell Santner upped the ante and Afghanistan's seamers had no answer to their measured aggression.

Mitchell finished unbeaten on 25 off 14 balls while Santner whacked 17 not out off eight as New Zealand won with 13 balls to spare.

Their pursuit of the target eclipsed their previous best World Cup chase of 167 against England in the semi-finals of the 2021 tournament.

Gulbadin Naib had earlier provided the backbone of Afghanistan's 182-6 with a pugnacious 63 off 35 balls.

The all-rounder struck three fours and four sixes at a strike rate of 180.00 as he shared stands with Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Sediqullah Atal.

Lockie Ferguson claimed 2-40 while Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy and Rachin Ravindra chipped in with a wicket each.

New Zealand looked in trouble when Mujeeb Ur Rahman removed Finn Allen and Rachin Ravindra for 1 and 0 respectively.

But Seifert and Glenn Phillips rebuilt with a third-wicket partnership of 74 before the latter was bowled by Rashid Khan for a 25-ball 42.

Seifert hammered back-to-back sixes off Mohammad Nabi - bringing up his half-century in the process - only to fall a couple of deliveries later to the experienced spinner when he holed out to square leg.

There would have been a few nerves when Mark Chapman departed for 28 but with Rashid and Mujeeb bowled out, Mitchell and Santner showed the required composure to complete the job.

BBC

 

[aboveandbeyond]

Excellent win for the Kiwis. My second Team after England.

 

[PakFan2010]

Afghan openers batted way too slow.

It was like watching Rizwan and Babar.

 

[AZulfi]

One would expect Afghanistan to defend 180+ totals against most teams with their spinners

Just shows how good NZ batting is... And they got there (183/5) with 13 balls to spare!

 

[sweep_shot]

Great game.

Afghans are probably eliminated now. They now have to beat South Africa.

 

[Ball Blazer]

India light lost...