West Indian cricket team against Afghanistan in the UAE in 2025–26

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West Indian cricket team against Afghanistan
in the UAE in 2025–26
  Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg
  Afghanistan West Indies
Dates 19 – 22 January 2026
Captains Rashid Khan Brandon King
Twenty20 International series
Results Afghanistan won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Darwish Rasooli (156) Brandon King (101)
Most wickets Mujeeb Ur Rahman (6) Matthew Forde (4)
Shamar Springer (4)
Player of the series Darwish Rasooli (Afg)

The West Indies cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates in January 2026 to play the Afghanistan cricket team. [1] [2] The tour consisted of three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. [3] The series formed part of both teams' preparation ahead of the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup tournament. [4] In November 2025, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) confirmed the fixtures for the tour. [5] All the matches were played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. [6]

Contents

Squads

Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan [7] WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies [8]

T20I series

1st T20I

19 January 2026
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
Afghanistan  Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg
181/3 (20 overs)
v
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies
143/9 (20 overs)
Ibrahim Zadran 87* (56)
Jayden Seales 1/30 (4 overs)
Quentin Sampson 30 (24)
Ziaur Rahman 3/36 (4 overs)
Afghanistan won by 38 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Izatullah Safi (Afg)
Player of the match: Darwish Rasooli (Afg)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Quentin Sampson (WI) made his T20I debut.

2nd T20I

21 January 2026
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
Afghanistan  Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg
189/4 (20 overs)
v
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies
150 (18.5 overs)
Darwish Rasooli 68 (39)
Matthew Forde 2/25 (4 overs)
Brandon King 50 (41)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman 4/21 (4 overs)
Afghanistan won by 39 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) and Muhammad Sabir (Afg)
Player of the match: Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Afg)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to field.

3rd T20I

22 January 2026
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
West Indies  WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg
151/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan
136/8 (20 overs)
Brandon King 47 (35)
Rashid Khan 2/13 (4 overs)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 71 (58)
Shamar Springer 4/19 (4 overs)
West Indies won by 15 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) and Izatullah Safi (Afg)
Player of the match: Shamar Springer (WI)

References

  1. ↑ "Afghanistan to host West Indies ahead of T20 World Cup 2026". International Cricket Council . Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  2. ↑ "West Indies to face-off against Afghanistan in three-match T20I series in UAE". Cricket West Indies . Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  3. ↑ "Afghanistan to host West Indies for three T20Is in January 2026". CricTracker. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "Afghanistan to host West Indies as UAE turns battlefield for exciting pre-T20 World Cup series". One Cricket. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  5. ↑ "ACB to host West Indies for a three-match T20I series in January 2026". Afghanistan Cricket Board . Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  6. ↑ "Rashid's landmark and West Indies' auditions headline T20I series in Dubai". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "ACB Name AfghanAtalan Squad for the West Indies Series and the ICC Men's T20 World Cup". Afghanistan Cricket Board . 31 December 2025. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  8. ↑ "Cricket West Indies Announces Squad for T20 Series Against Afghanistan". Cricket West Indies . Retrieved 13 January 2026.
  9. ↑ "Springer bags hat-trick as West Indies deny Afghanistan 3-0 sweep". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
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