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 arms on the toss, Pakistan have 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 accountability’ for India
Victorious captain Suryakumar Yadav stated his facet’s win was “for India”. “We’ll return and have a very good 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 accountability within the powerplay.
“As quickly as we bought 175, we thought we have been 20 runs above par. We have been taking possibilities from ball one.
“Jasprit Bumrah [who took two wickets] confirmed why he’s the most effective bowler on the earth. 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 have been changed by Scotland on the match as a result of that they had refused to tour India over security considerations.
Broadcasters “panicked” on the prospect of dropping tens of millions of {dollars} in promoting income, in accordance with 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 match went forward.
“India v Pakistan is a particular recreation for us and our nation,” stated Kishan. “It’s a crucial recreation. That they had good spinners and we tried to play good photographs. It offers us confidence going forward within the match.”
Salman Agha on how powerplay ‘value’ 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 performed properly within the final six months,” stated 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 value 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’ve performed sufficient cricket. We have to get ourselves collectively and look to the sport in a couple of days’ occasions.
“It’s a must 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
