The two associate nations, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Canada, met each other for the T20 World Cup 2026 clash at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, as both had a great chance to earn a victory and show their skillful batting and bowling performance throughout the innings. Some of the shots were excellent in the first innings.

Harsh Thaker played one of the sensational shots in the first innings. He smashed Haider Ali by rocking back the short ball between the backward point and short third man region for a strong boundary before carrying the momentum for a six on the very next delivery by getting down on one leg and nailing it over the long-on region for a massive 84-meter six.

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Three overs late, Thaker accepted the freebie, the full toss into the leg stump from Muhammad Arfan. He bent his back leg and used the pace of the bowler by whipping the ball with the angle over the deep backward square leg region for a massive six. It was a no-look six as he didn’t see the connection to the ball.

Harsh Thaker smashes massive six in CAN vs UAE T20 WC 2026

On the third ball of the 16th over, the right-handed batter went back in the back foot and hammered the short ball from Harshit Kaushik over the long-on region for a huge six. With a single against the length delivery into the mid-wicket region, Thaker celebrated his fifty. He became the fifth player to get 50 for Canada in the T20 World Cups.

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Harsh Thaker picks up the low full toss and sends it flying over square leg into the stands! 🏟️🙌

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However, the United Arab Emirates restricted Canada to 150 runs in their allotted 20 overs for the loss of seven wickets. Thaker finished with 50 runs in 41 balls with the help of two boundaries and three sixes at a strike rate of 121.95.

Junaid Siddique celebrated a fine figure of 5/35 in his four overs, while Muhammad Jawadullah bagged 1/16 in his four overs. Haider Ali was decent for an economy rate of 7.50.

Brief Scores: Canada 150/7 (Harsh Thaker 50, Junaid Siddique 5/35) vs UAE.