India defeated Pakistan for the 8th time in T20 World Cup

India and Pakistan: A high voltage match was played between India and Pakistan in the T20 World Cup 2026. In this match, Team India has easily defeated Pakistan by 61 runs. With this resounding victory, Team India has qualified for Super-8. In this match, India got a chance to bat first. Batting first, Team India scored 175 runs at the loss of 7 wickets. This is India’s biggest score against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup. In reply, Pakistan team could score only 114 runs in 18 overs.

Ishan Kishan took Team India to a big score
Team India, who came to bat first, did not have a good start in this match. In the very first over, Abhishek Sharma returned to the pavilion without opening his account. After his dismissal, Tilak Verma and Ishan Kishan took over the innings. There was a partnership of 87 runs between the two for the second wicket. During this period, Ishaan played a stormy inning of 77 runs on 40 balls. Team India’s innings faltered after Ishaan’s dismissal. Suryakumar Yadav scored 32 runs. Tilak Verma contributed 25 runs and Shivam Dubey contributed 27 runs. Thanks to this half-century inning of Ishaan, Team India managed to reach the score of 175. Sam Ayub took maximum 3 wickets for Pakistan.

Not a single batsman from Pakistan could score a half-century
Pakistan had a very bad start while chasing the target of 176 runs. Sahibzada Farhan was out without opening the account. Sam Ayub scored 6 runs, Salman Agha scored 4 runs and Babar Azam scored 5 runs. On the score of 13, Pakistan team was looking in trouble after losing 3 wickets. After this, the Pakistan team got its fourth blow on the score of 34, when Babar Azam was out. After this, there was a 39-run partnership between Usman Khan and Shadab Khan for the fifth wicket. Usman scored 44 runs in 34 balls. Whereas Shadab Khan played an inning of 14 runs in 15 balls. Only four batsmen of Pakistan could reach double digit scores. For Team India, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty, Axar Patel all took 2-2 wickets.

Team India’s dominance continues in T20 World Cup
So far 9 matches have been played between India and Pakistan in the T20 World Cup. Out of which Team India has won 8 times. Pakistan has won once. With this victory, Team India has maintained its dominance against Pakistan in this format.

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