ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026: Pakistan takes revenge from USA in 2024, New Zealand makes record and Netherlands beats Namibia

Yesterday proved to be ‘Super Tuesday’ in the group stage of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026. Six teams clashed with each other on three different grounds, where some old scores were settled and some new world records were established.

Pakistan VS America

The match between Pakistan and America at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo was considered a big match. It is noteworthy that in the 2024 T20 World Cup, USA had defeated Pakistan in the Super Over and for Pakistan this match had become a battle to save its credibility. After losing the toss and coming to bat first, the Pakistani team had a shaky start, but Sahibzada Farhan took over the innings by playing an explosive inning of 73 runs on 41 balls. With Babar Azam’s 46 runs, Pakistan made a strong score of 190 runs in 20 overs.

The American team, which came to chase the target, got trapped in the mystery spin of Usman Tariq. Tariq took 3 important wickets for 27 runs and America’s team was reduced to 158 runs. Pakistan strengthened its position in Group A by winning by 32 runs.

New Zealand made record in Chennai

New Zealand registered one of the memorable opening partnerships in T20 World Cup history at the Chepauk Stadium in Chennai. Batting first, UAE made a challenging score of 173/6. But in reply, Tim Seifert (89*) and Finn Allen (84*) created such a storm that the target proved to be short. Both of them added 175 runs in just 15.2 overs and gave the team a historic victory by 10 wickets. This became the highest ever opening partnership while chasing in the T20 World Cup.

Netherlands’ victory amidst smog in Delhi

A tough match was witnessed between Netherlands and Namibia at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Despite increasing pollution and smog, the thrill of the game remained intact. Namibia batted first and scored 156 runs. in response Bas de Leede He gave a brilliant all-round performance, first bowling well and then playing an unbeaten inning of 72 runs, leading the team to victory by 7 wickets.

points table

After yesterday’s matches, the equation of Group A has become very interesting. Pakistan has reached the top with 2 wins in 2 matches and a net run rate of +0.932. India are in second place and have the advantage of having one match less. Now everyone’s eyes are fixed on 15th February, when the biggest match of cricket world India vs Pakistan will be played in Colombo. Both the direction and condition of the group can be decided by this match.