The 31st match of the T20 World Cup is going on between Canada and New Zealand. This match is being played at Chepauk Stadium, Chennai. Canada won the toss and decided to bat first. Canada batted brilliantly while batting first. They scored 173 runs for four wickets after 20 overs of play and have set a target of 174 runs for the Kiwis. Yuvraj Samra scored an excellent century. He was out after scoring 110 runs on 65 balls. Yuvraj completed his century in just 58 balls and took Canada to a good score. This is a do or die match for New Zealand. Defeat can take them out of the race for Super-8. At the same time, the Canadian team is also in the race, but the equation is very difficult for them.
canada’s innings
Batting first, Canada got off to a great start. Yuvraj Samra and captain Dilpreet Bajwa made a partnership of 116 runs in 84 balls for the first wicket. Dilpreet was out after scoring 36 runs in 39 balls with the help of four fours. Then Navneet Dhaliwal was out after scoring 10 runs. Dilpreet was dismissed by Jameson and Navneet by Matt Henry. After this, Nicole Kirton also became the victim of James Neesham after scoring two runs. At the same time, Yuvraj completed the first century of his T20 international career on 58 balls. Yuvraj was out on the bowling of Jacob Duffy after scoring 110 runs with the help of 11 fours and six sixes in 65 balls. In the end, Harsh Thaker remained unbeaten after scoring three runs and Dillon Helliger remained unbeaten after scoring eight runs. For New Zealand, Henry, Duffy, Jamieson and Neesham got one wicket each.
The playing-11 of both the teams is as follows
New Zealand: Tim Seifert (wk), Finn Allen, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell (c), Cole McConkie, James Neesham, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy. Canada: Yuvraj Samra, Dilpreet Bajwa (c), Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Harsh Thaker, Shreyas Mova. (Wicketkeeper), Saad Bin Zafar, Shivam Sharma, Jaskaran Singh, Dillon Helliger, Ansh Patel.