Canada captain Dilpreet Bajwa won the toss and elected to bat against UAE in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup clash in New Delhi on Friday.
However, the North American team has struggled to get going, ending powerplay at 39/3. UAE pacer Junaid Siddique pushed Canada on the back foot right away, dismissing openers Bajwa and Samra. Muhammad Jawadullah made the perfect start as he claimed the wicket of Nicholas Kirton on the very first ball of his spell.
Navneet Dhaliwal and Harsh Thaker have steadied the innings with a 58-run partnership. After Dhaliwal was run out for a 34 off 28, Thaker carried on the good work, taking Canada to 119/4 in 16 overs.
Canada: Dilpreet Bajwa (c), Yuvraj Samra, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Shreyas Movva (wk), Harsh Thaker, Saad Bin Zafar, Jaskarandeep Singh, Dilon Heyliger, Kaleem Sana, Ansh Patel
UAE: Aryansh Sharma (wk), Muhammad Waseem (c), Alishan Sharafu, Mayank Kumar, Sohaib Khan, Harshit Kaushik, Muhammad Arfan, Muhammad Farooq, Haider Ali, Junaid Siddique, Muhammad Jawadullah
