Afghanistan eased to a cushty 61-run win over Scotland on the opening day of the ICC T20 World Cup warm-up fixtures on the BCCI Centre of Excellence Floor 1 in Bengaluru.
The Afghans posted a aggressive 184 for six in 20 overs, with middle-order batter Darwish Rasooli top-scoring with a brisk 46-ball 84, which included seven fours and 5 sixes. Rasooli additionally helped his staff get well from a stuttering begin with a 82-run partnership for the third wicket with opener Ibrahim Zadran, who scored 36 off 32 deliveries.
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Veteran all-rounder Mohammad Nabi then put the ending touches on Afghanistan’s innings with a blistering 16-ball 34.
Left-arm spinner Mark Watt was the choose of the bowlers for Scotland with figures of two/32 in 4 overs, whereas left-arm pacer Brad Currie bowled a cheap spell, ending with 1/19 in 4 overs.
In reply, Scotland was bowled out for 123 in 19.3 overs, with Afghanistan’s seamers and spinners sharing the spoils. The spin trio of Mujeeb Ur Rahman (1/27), captain Rashid Khan (1/6) and Nabi (2/9) picked 4 wickets between them, whereas all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai (3/14), right-arm pacer Ziaur Rahman (2/20) and Gulbadin Naib (1/20) inflicted the remainder of the harm on the Scottish aspect.
Opener Michael Jones (21) and wicketkeeper-batter Matthew Cross (21) have been the highest scorers for Scotland.
On the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, Italy beat Canada by 10 runs forward of its maiden T20 World Cup marketing campaign.
Regardless of posting a modest 156 for 4 20 overs, Italy produced a disciplined bowling effort to make sure Canada fell brief within the run chase. 5 of the six bowlers Italy employed picked a wicket every, with Ali Hasan and Ben Manenti, who each conceded 22 runs in 4 overs every, being essentially the most economical of the lot.
Canada’s 158-run chase began brightly, with Yuvraj Samra and captain Dilpreet Bajwa placing on a 55-run opening partnership. Nevertheless, Canada stored dropping wickets at common intervals, with left-hand batter Nicholas Kirton (33) providing the one type of resistance within the middle-order.
Earlier, after being requested to bat, Italy’s batters put collectively a collective effort, as all six of its batters reached double digits. JJ Smuts was the very best scorer with a 37-ball 49, whereas Harry Manenti struck a useful 24-ball unbeaten 33 to assist Italy submit a match-winning complete.
On the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, India A’s 238 for 3 was too steep for USA, which fought laborious to answer with 200 in 19.4 overs. N. Jagadeesan struck a superb 55-ball 104, whereas captain Ayush Badoni smashed an unbeaten 26-ball 60. READ THE FULL REPORT
Printed on Feb 02, 2026