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Aryansh Sharma hit an unbeaten 74 as United Arab Emirates bolstered their own remote hopes of qualifying for the Super 8s with a tense five-wicket win over Canada.<\/b><\/p>\n
Defending their total of 150-7, Canada looked well placed with four overs remaining, only for Sohaib Khan to reignite UAE’s chase when he took 17 off Dillon Heyliger.<\/p>\n
UAE needed eight runs off the final over and Sharma settled any nerves when he clobbered Jaskarandeep Singh’s first ball for six over mid-wicket.<\/p>\n
Khan was then caught – after a blistering 51 off 29 balls, including four sixes – with the scores level. <\/p>\n
But new batter Muhammad Arfan nonchalantly hit Singh for four to seal the victory with two balls to spare as Sharma top-scored with his knock coming off 53 balls. <\/p>\n
UAE are now third in Group D on two points but the associate nation must pull off shock wins over full members South Africa and Afghanistan next week to reach the next phase.<\/p>\n
They have never beaten a full member at a World Cup of any format but will take some confidence from the manner in which they chased down this total.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Junaid Siddique had picked up the best figures by a UAE player at a T20 World Cup with 5-35 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. <\/p>\n
Harsh Thaker, who struck three sixes and two fours in a 41-ball half-century, had provided the backbone of Canada’s total.<\/p>\n
He shared a 58-run partnership with Navneet Dhaliwal to help the Canadians recover from 38-3 before the latter was run out on 34.<\/p>\n
Thaker fell victim to Siddique’s slower ball with 14 balls left and Canada struggled to find the boundary against some tight bowling by the UAE.<\/p>\n
Shreyas Movva made a typically useful run-a-ball 21 before Siddique took two wickets in the final over to collect his maiden five-wicket haul in T20 internationals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n