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The Indian group as we speak (15) achieved a powerful victory, defeating their conventional rivals Pakistan by 61 runs within the twenty seventh match performed underneath Group ‘A’ of the 2026 ICC Males’s T20 World Cup event. In Colombo R.
Premadasa Stadium, Pakistan captain Salman Agha received the toss and determined to bowl first. Though there was no rain interruption, the match was performed on a considerably difficult and sluggish pitch amidst cloudy climate.
In the beginning of the match, the Indian innings suffered a setback with Abhishek Sharma getting out for a duck. Nevertheless, opening batsman Ishan Kishan launched a strong assault, scoring a quickfire 77 runs off 40 balls, which additionally marked the quickest innings by an Indian batsman in opposition to Pakistan in World Cup historical past. Throughout his innings, which was adorned with a number of sixes and fours, he constructed a particularly essential 87-run partnership with Tilak Varma.
Within the latter a part of the innings, Suryakumar Yadav scored 32 runs off 28 balls and Shivam Dube scored 27 runs off 17 balls, boosting India’s scoreboard to 175 runs for 7 wickets on the finish of the stipulated 20 overs. Saim Ayub, who confirmed excellent bowling efficiency for Pakistan, took 3 wickets for 25 runs.
Chasing a profitable goal of 176 runs, the Pakistan group discovered no alternative to succeed in opposition to the disciplined bowling of the Indian bowlers. Jasprit Bumrah shortly despatched Saim Ayub and captain Salman Agha again to the pavilion, after which Hardik Pandya and the thriller spinner Varun Chakravarthy fully dismantled Pakistan’s center order. With highly effective batsmen together with Babar Azam failing, their rating suffered a extreme collapse, reaching 34 runs for 4 wickets and 78 runs for 7 wickets. Varun Chakravarthy didn’t enable the lower-order batsmen to remain on the crease for lengthy both, decreasing them to 97 runs for 9 wickets, and on the finish of 18 overs, Pakistan’s innings was restricted to 114 runs.
With this glorious bowling efficiency, India’s variety of victories in opposition to Pakistan in T20 World Cup historical past additional elevated to 8-1. Resulting from India’s dominance in all features of the sport, they’ve secured the highest place in Group ‘A’ and certified for the ‘Tremendous 8’ spherical, whereas the extreme weaknesses in Pakistan’s batting have been clearly demonstrated on this match.
At the moment’s scoreboard and the event’s factors desk are beneath.
