3rd T20I

West Indies beat Afghanistan by 15 runs in the 3rd T20I

Dubai International Cricket Stadium, 22 Jan 2026. Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bowl.

West Indies won by 15 runs

Match report

From the scorecard

Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bowl. West Indies made 151 for 7 in 20 overs, Brandon King 47 from 35 balls and Matthew Forde 27 from 11 balls. Rashid Khan took 2 for 13.

Afghanistan made 136 for 8 in 20 overs, Rahmanullah Gurbaz 71 from 58 balls and Ibrahim Zadran 28 from 27 balls. Shamar Springer took 4 for 20.

West Indies won by 15 runs.

Key performers

BK47Brandon KingWest Indies. 35 balls, 2 fours, 3 sixes SS4/20Shamar SpringerWest Indies. 4 oversPlayer of the match RG71Rahmanullah GurbazAfghanistan. 58 balls, 8 fours, 1 six

2/13Rashid KhanAfghanistan. 4 overs

West Indies innings

151/7(20 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Brandon King (c)c Ziaur Rahman b Rashid Khan	c Ziaur Rahman b Rashid Khan	47	35	2	3	134.29
Johnson Charles †b Shahidullah	b Shahidullah	17	17	1	1	100.00
Keacy Cartyc Ziaur Rahman b Abdollah Ahmadzai	c Ziaur Rahman b Abdollah Ahmadzai	10	19	0	0	52.63
Justin Greavesc Ziaur Rahman b Abdollah Ahmadzai	c Ziaur Rahman b Abdollah Ahmadzai	12	15	0	0	80.00
Shimron Hetmyerb Rashid Khan	b Rashid Khan	13	6	0	2	216.67
Quentin Sampsonc Sediqullah Atal b Ziaur Rahman	c Sediqullah Atal b Ziaur Rahman	3	7	0	0	42.86
Matthew Fordec Gulbadin Naib b Ziaur Rahman	c Gulbadin Naib b Ziaur Rahman	27	11	2	2	245.45
Shamar Springernot out	not out	16*	9	3	0	177.78
Gudakesh Motienot out	not out	2*	2	0	0	100.00
Extras(lb 2, w 1, nb 1)	(lb 2, w 1, nb 1)	4
Total20 Ov (RR 7.55)	20 Ov (RR 7.55)	151/7

Did not bat: Khary Pierre, Ramon Simmonds

Fall of wickets: 27-1 (J Charles, 4.1 ov), 62-2 (KU Carty, 9.3 ov), 85-3 (JP Greaves, 13.3 ov), 102-4 (BA King, 15.1 ov), 103-5 (SO Hetmyer, 15.5 ov), 122-6 (Q Sampson, 17.4 ov), 147-7 (MW Forde, 19.4 ov)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mujeeb Ur Rahman	4	22	0	5.50	-	-	-	1	0
Ziaur Rahman	4	45	2	11.25	-	-	-	0	1
Shahidullah	1	13	1	13.00	-	-	-	0	0
Rashid Khan	4	13	2	3.25	-	-	-	0	0
Abdollah Ahmadzai	4	30	2	7.50	-	-	-	0	0
Mohammad Nabi	2	18	0	9.00	-	-	-	0	0
Gulbadin Naib	1	8	0	8.00	-	-	-	0	0

Afghanistan innings

136/8(20 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rahmanullah Gurbaz †c MW Forde b SK Springer	c MW Forde b SK Springer	71	58	8	1	122.41
Ibrahim Zadranc SK Springer b MW Forde	c SK Springer b MW Forde	28	27	4	0	103.70
Sediqullah Atalc †J Charles b SK Springer	c †J Charles b SK Springer	7	11	0	0	63.64
Darwish Rasoolic BA King b K Pierre	c BA King b K Pierre	4	6	0	0	66.67
Mohammad Nabic SK Springer b RR Simmonds	c SK Springer b RR Simmonds	6	4	0	1	150.00
Gulbadin Naibnot out	not out	7*	9	0	0	77.78
Rashid Khan (c)c K Pierre b SK Springer	c K Pierre b SK Springer	0	1	0	0	0.00
Shahidullahb SK Springer	b SK Springer	0	1	0	0	0.00
Mujeeb Ur Rahmanrun out (SO Hetmyer/RR Simmonds)	run out (SO Hetmyer/RR Simmonds)	4	3	1	0	133.33
Abdollah Ahmadzainot out	not out	0*	-	0	0	-
Extras(lb 2, w 7)	(lb 2, w 7)	9
Total20 Ov (RR 6.80)	20 Ov (RR 6.80) · Target 152	136/8

Did not bat: Ziaur Rahman

Fall of wickets: 72-1 (Ibrahim Zadran, 10.1 ov), 94-2 (Sediqullah Atal, 14.1 ov), 107-3 (Darwish Rasooli, 16 ov), 114-4 (Mohammad Nabi, 16.5 ov), 127-5 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 18.1 ov), 127-6 (Rashid Khan, 18.2 ov), 127-7 (Shahidullah, 18.3 ov), 133-8 (Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 19.2 ov)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD
Matthew Forde	3	28	1	9.33	-	-	-	3
Khary Pierre	4	29	1	7.25	-	-	-	0
Ramon Simmonds	4	26	1	6.50	-	-	-	0
Shamar Springer	4	20	4	5.00	-	-	-	3
Justin Greaves	1	14	0	14.00	-	-	-	0
Gudakesh Motie	4	17	0	4.25	-	-	-	0