India beats Pakistan by 61 runs, Ishan Kishan becomes player of the match –

Tezzbuzz Desk- Defending champion Team India, continuing its brilliant campaign in the T20 World Cup 2026, has made a spectacular entry in the Super-8. In the match played at Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, India defeated arch-rival Pakistan by 61 runs. With this victory, India’s record against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup has become 8-1, which tells the story of its dominance.

Ishan Kishan was the real story of the match. Despite the initial setback, the way he handled the innings changed the course of the match. While playing an explosive inning of 77 runs in 40 balls, Ishaan took the Pakistani bowlers to task. Rain of fours and sixes was seen in his innings. This was his second consecutive half-century, which put Team India in a strong position. However, scoring runs from the other end was not easy. The mood of the pitch seemed to be changing and the batsmen were struggling to play shots. Captain Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma could not score runs quickly, but Ishaan maintained his aggressive attitude.

Shivam Dubey and Rinku Singh played important roles in the last overs. Both of them added runs quickly to take India to a strong score of 175 runs. At that time this score was definitely challenging, but looking at the confidence of the Indian bowlers, the hope of victory was clearly visible.

The Pakistani team, which came to chase the target of 176 runs, disintegrated under pressure. The Indian bowlers attacked with precise line-length from the beginning and kept taking wickets at regular intervals. The result was that the entire team was reduced to 114 runs. India registered a big win by 61 runs.

There was a lot of excitement before this match. Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif had expressed his protest against Bangladesh’s exit from the tournament and had said that he would not play the match against India. However, after strict warning from ICC, Pakistan Cricket Board had to change its decision. The match was eventually played, but the result proved to be extremely disappointing for Pakistan.