UAE defeated Canada in T-20 cricket for the 7th consecutive time, these records were made

Updated: 13-02-2026, 01.32 PM

What is the news?

In the 20th match of T-20 World Cup 2026, UAE cricket team defeated Canada cricket team by 5 wickets. This is the 7th consecutive time in the history of T20 cricket that UAE has defeated Canada. Batting first in the match, Canada scored 150/7. In reply, UAE team achieved the target by losing only 5 wickets. In such a situation, let us take a look at the records made in the match.

Statement of account

match account

In the match, Canada won the toss and decided to bat first. Harsh Thakar scored the highest score of 50 runs. Navneet Dhaliwal scored 34 runs. Junaid Siddiqui bowled lethally for UAE and took 5 wickets. In reply, Aryansh Sharma scored the highest score of 74 runs for UAE. Apart from him, Soheb Khan played a match-winning inning of 51 runs. UAE won its first match in this World Cup.

Harsh scored his first half-century of T-20 World Cup

Harsh faced 41 balls and scored 50 runs. 2 fours and 3 sixes came from his bat. His strike rate was 121.95. This was the second half-century of his T20 international career and the first against UAE, which he completed in 40 balls. This is his first half-century in the T20 World Cup. So far, he has scored 779 runs in 40 innings of 52 matches at an average of 25.13 and strike rate of 122.68.

Junaid’s bowling was like this

Junaid won the toss and opened the account of his wickets by giving the first blow to the Canadian team, who came to bat, in the form of Dilpreet Bajwa (11) on a total score of 14 runs. After this, he also showed the way to the pavilion by making Yuvraj Samra (5), Harsh Thakar (50), Shreyas Movva (21) and Saad Bin Zafar (5) his victims. He achieved these successes by spending 35 runs in his quota of 4 overs.

Third bowler to take 5 wickets for UAE

Junaid has become only the third bowler to take 5 wicket haul for UAE in T20 International. Before him, Ahmed Raja (5/19 vs Nepal, 2022) and Zuhaib Zubair (5/21 vs Nigeria, 2025) had achieved this feat. Similarly, Junaid has also become the second best bowler from the associate country in the T-20 World Cup. This record is held in the name of Netherlands cricket team’s batsman Ehsaan Malik (5/19 vs South Africa, 2014).

Junaid also achieved this feat

Junaid has become the 14th bowler in the history of T20 World Cup to take 5 wickets. He has also recorded the 14th best bowling performance in an innings in the history of the tournament, which is considered a major achievement in his career.

Junaid took 5 wicket haul for the first time

Junaid started his T20 International career against Oman in 2019. So far, he has taken 122 wickets in 88 innings with an average of 20.47 and economy rate of 7.64. He has also taken 4 wicket hauls 5 times. His best bowling performance has come in this match. Let us tell you that Siddiqui is the highest wicket taker from UAE. This player took 5 wicket haul for the first time.

Such was Aryansh’s innings

Aryansh faced 53 balls in the match and scored 74 runs. 6 fours and 3 sixes came from his bat. His strike rate was 139.62. This was the 5th half-century of his T20 international career. He scored his first half-century in the T-20 World Cup. This is also the best score of his T20 International career. He has played 20 matches so far and has scored 537 runs in 20 innings at an average of 29.83.

Soheb scored the first half-century of his T-20 international career.

Soheb faced 29 balls and scored 51 runs. 4 fours and 4 sixes came from his bat. His strike rate was 175.86. This player made a partnership of 84 runs in 42 balls with Aryansh and from here the whole match changed. This was the first half-century of Soheb’s T20 international career. He has played 4 matches and scored 72 runs in 4 innings at an average of 18 and strike rate of 146.93.