India beat Pakistan in high-voltage T20 World Cup match

2026-02-15 - 16:56

India beat Pakistan by 61 runs in the high-voltage match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Colombo on Sunday evening. Chasing a competitive 176-run target for victory, Pakistan kept losing wickets at regular intervals and were bundled out for 114 runs in 18 overs. Usman Khan was the highest scorer for the Green shirts, who made 44 off 34 balls, hitting six fours and one maximum. Shaheen Shah Afidi contributed an unbeaten 23 off 19 balls, Shadab Khan 14 off 15 balls, and Faheem Ashraf 10 off 14 balls. Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel and Varun Chakravarthy took two wickets each, while Kuldeep Yadav and Tilak Varma got one wicket apiece. Ishan Kishan was named player of the match for his valuable contribution with the bat. Put into bat by Pakistan skipper Salman Ali Agha, India reached 175/7 in their quota of 20 overs despite losing Abhishek Sharma for a duck in the opening over with just one run on the board. Opener Ishan Kishan was the top scorer for Team India with 77 off just 40 balls, hitting 10 fours and three maximums. Skipper Suryakumar Yadav contributed a valuable 32 off 29 balls, laced with three boundaries. Shivam Dube made 27 off 17 balls with the help of three fours and one maximum, Tilak Verma 25 off 24 balls and Rinku Singh an unbeaten 11 off just four balls. Saim Ayub bagged three wickets and Salman Agha, Usman Tariq and Shaheen Shah Afridi, while Shivam Dube was run out on the penultimate ball of the innings. Pakistan Playing XI: Sahibzada Farhan (wk), Saim Ayub, Salman Agha (capt), Babar Azam, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Tariq, Abrar Ahmed India Playing XI: Ishan Kishan (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (capt), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah Mohsin Naqvi meets Pakistan team ahead of high-voltage India clash