The UAE batting duo Ayush Sharma and Sohaib Khan pulled out a thrilling win of 5 wickets against Canada on February 13, at Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium. For a moment, Canada saw hope when they got Sohaib's wicket, but Mohammad Arfan finished the chase with a boundary. UAE's chase was solely based on Aryan Sharma, the one who did not stand out till the end, gradually building the base of the innings. He scored 74 runs, with a decent pace earlier, while watching the wickets falling on the other side of the pitch. None of the batters could manage to score a double-digit score. And then came Sohaib Khan. Aryansh, who was primarily anchoring the innings, finally got an aggressor. Sohaib scored 51 runs off just 29 balls. His innings included 4 boundaries and the same number of sixes, maintaining a strike rate of around 178. But that time Aryan started smashing. Aryan's fifty came with a six in the first ball of the 14th over, with a huge six. He was 51 off 41 balls then. From there, he added 23 more runs in just 12 balls. With the scores getting leveled, in the third ball of the final over, Sohaib's miss hit raised fears of another super over if the next batter falters. However, Mohammed Arfan ended such possibilities with a boundary, successfully chasing 151 runs. With the ball, Saad Bin Zafar was the key bowler with three wickets and the least economy, around four. Apart from that Kaleem Sana and Jaskaran Singh took one each. Read also: Junaid Siddique Scripts History, becomes the FIrst UAE Bowler to take 5 Wicket Haul in T20 World Cup Junaid Siddique's record bowling for UAE restricted Canada to 150 Canada posted 150 for 7 in their allotted 20 overs, scoring at a run rate of 7.50, but the numbers reveal a stop-start innings marked by regular wickets. They lost both openers inside the powerplay, slipping to 19 for 2 by the 3.1-over mark, which immediately put pressure on the middle order. Navneet Dhaliwal attempted to stabilise the innings with a brisk 34 off 28 balls at a strike rate of 121.42, hitting four boundaries, before being run out just as he looked set. The backbone of Canada’s batting was Harsh Thaker, whose 50 off 41 deliveries accounted for one-third of the team’s total. Thaker struck two fours and three sixes, maintaining a healthy strike rate of 121.95, but his dismissal at 129 for 5 in the 17.4th over stalled Canada’s late push. Shreyas Movva added a steady 21 from 21 balls, while the lower order failed to significantly accelerate despite Dilon Heyliger’s cameo of 6 off 1 ball, which included a six and pushed his strike rate to 600. From a bowling perspective, UAE’s attack was statistically dominant. Junaid Siddique claimed 5 wickets for 35 runs, accounting for five of Canada’s seven dismissals, though his economy stood at 8.75. Muhammad Jawadullah was the most economical, conceding just 16 runs in four overs at an economy of 4.00, effectively strangling Canada through the middle phase.