Watch: Rashid Khan gives aggressive send-off to Glenn Phillips in NZ vs AFG T20 WC 2026

The pressure and eyes were on the Afghanistan captain, Rashid Khan, to collect vital wickets during their clash against New Zealand in the T20 World Cup 2026 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai as they were defending the score of 182 runs for the loss of six wickets in their allotted 20 overs of the innings.

Very unnaturally, Rashid Khan didn’t have a great first over as Glenn Philips smashed the fourth ball of the leg spinner over the bowler’s head for a massive six before backing his power and hammering the short ball with a pull over the mid-wicket region for a boundary. That put massive early pressure on the veteran, who needed to make a strong comeback.

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Rashid did so with the wicket of Phillips on the very next over. On the second delivery of the over, Phillips backed away on the inside-out drive against the full-length delivery on the off-stump. He went hard on the shot and lost his shape as the ball got an under edge and crashed into the stumps.

Rashid Khan pumped up at Glenn Phillips in T20 WC 2026 

Rashid roared and had an aggressive send-off to the right-handed batter, who was dismissed for 42 runs in 25 balls at a strike rate of 168 with the help of seven boundaries and one six. He left the field with the New Zealand side in trouble.

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Earlier in the day, Afghanistan posted a massive score of 182, thanks to the 63-run knock of 35 balls with the help of three boundaries and four sixes at 180 from Gulbadin Naib, who got a promotion at number three in the batting department. Their lower order also gave a strong contribution later in the game.

Apart from Phillips, the Kiwi opener, Tim Seifert, claimed a fine knock of 65 runs in 42 balls at a strike rate of 154.76 with the help of seven boundaries and three sixes. He nailed Mohammad Nabi for two successive sixes and a boundary before being dismissed.

Brief Scores: Afganistan 182/6 (Gulbadin Naib 63, Lockie Ferguson 2/40) vs New Zealand 136/4 (Tim Seifert 65, Mujeeb 2/16)