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Ibrahim’s 95* helps Afghanistan finish on a winning note
Hindustan Times Gurugram
|February 20, 2026
In Afghanistan’s final match of the 2026 T20 World Cup, which was also his last as the team’s head coach, Jonathan Trott was still scribbling down notes in his book.
The end of a four-year coaching stint, during which he took Afghan cricket to loftier heights ‘was defined by centimeters separating match outcomes and group of death standings. And the end of the 2024 World Cup semi finalists’ campaign two years on was capped off with Afghanistan registering their biggest total in a men’s T20 World Cup, for an 82-run win over Canada.
This story is from the February 20, 2026 edition of Hindustan Times Gurugram.
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