Ishan Kishan scored 77 off 40 balls and Saim Ayub took 3-25 as India thrashed Pakistan by 61 runs within the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 at Colombo’s R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
After the captains didn’t shake fingers on the toss, Pakistan had been bowled out for 114 as a part of a end result that despatched the defending champions to the Tremendous 8s.
Pakistan should beat Namibia, who’ve misplaced all three of their matches, on Wednesday to ensure their place within the Tremendous 8s.
Ishan Kishan ‘took duty’ for India
Victorious captain Suryakumar Yadav mentioned his facet’s win was “for India”. “We’ll return and have a superb time,” added Yadav.
“The best way Ishan Kishan batted is similar as he did in our earlier video games and on the home circuit: Ishan thought outdoors the field and took duty within the powerplay.
“As quickly as we acquired 175, we thought we had been 20 runs above par. We had been taking possibilities from ball one.
“Jasprit Bumrah [who took two wickets] confirmed why he’s one of the best bowler on this planet. It was nice to see everybody contributing.”
T20 World Cup: Why there have been tensions round India vs Pakistan?
Pakistan had threatened to boycott the match in solidarity with Bangladesh, who had been changed by Scotland on the event as a result of they’d refused to tour India over security considerations.
Broadcasters “panicked” on the prospect of dropping thousands and thousands of {dollars} in promoting income, in response to Reuters, who reported that the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) held “hectic behind-the-scenes parleys” and reached a compromise to make sure essentially the most anticipated match of the event went forward.
“India v Pakistan is a particular recreation for us and our nation,” mentioned Kishan. “It’s a essential recreation. They’d good spinners and we tried to play good pictures. It offers us confidence going forward within the event.”
Salman Agha on how powerplay ‘price’ Pakistan
Pakistan captain Salman Agha acknowledged his spinners had an “off day”. “We at all times consider in them as a result of they’ve achieved effectively within the final six months,” mentioned Agha.
“Within the first innings it was cheesy and the ball was gripping, however the execution was lacking. Then with our batting, we misplaced wickets and the powerplay and that price us.
“We didn’t apply ourselves to go deep into the sport. I truly thought the pitch was higher for batting within the second innings.
“In these video games, the feelings are going to be excessive however we have now performed sufficient cricket. We have to get ourselves collectively and look to the sport in a number of days’ instances.
“You need to see the large image. We have to qualify for the Tremendous 8s now.”
India vs Pakistan groups
India: Ishan Kishan (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah
Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan (wk), Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha (c), Babar Azam, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Tariq, Abrar Ahmed
What’s subsequent for these groups? India, Pakistan T20 cricket World Cup fixtures
India are subsequent in World Cup motion in opposition to the Netherlands on Wednesday on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad (13:30 GMT).
Pakistan tackle Namibia on the identical day at 09:30 on the Sinhalese Sports activities Membership Floor in Colombo.
India ICC T20 World Cup 2026 squad
Suryakumar Yadav (c), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Rinku Singh
Pakistan ICC T20 World Cup 2026 squad
Salman Ali Agha (c), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Khawaja Mohammad Nafay (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan (wk), Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan (wk), Usman Tariq
