T20 World Cup 2026: India entered Super-8 with a resounding win, defeated Pakistan for the 8th time in T20 World Cup.

Colombo. India has given a crushing defeat to Pakistan in the biggest match of T-20 World Cup. On the ground of Colombo, the Indian team completely pushed Pakistan on the backfoot on the basis of first batting and then lethal bowling. Chasing the target of 176 runs, the Pakistani team fell apart like a pack of cards in front of the Indian attack and India lost the match by 61 runs.

Ishan Kishan’s explosive innings made a huge score. After losing the toss, the Indian team came to bat first and scored 175 runs after losing 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Opener Ishan Kishan was the hero of the match, who played a stormy innings of 77 runs in just 40 balls. His innings included 10 brilliant fours and 3 skyscraper sixes. Captain Suryakumar Yadav also made an important contribution of 32 runs. Saim Ayub was the most successful bowler for Pakistan, taking 3 wickets.

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.

havoc of indian bowlers

Pakistan had a very poor start while chasing the target of 176 runs. Indian bowlers did not give Pakistan a chance to recover by taking wickets at regular intervals.

Varun Chakraborty: In the 16th over, Varun broke Pakistan’s back by dismissing Abrar Ahmed and Faheem Ashraf on two consecutive balls.

Jasprit Bumrah: Bumrah created pressure by sending Saim Ayub and Salman Ali Aga to the pavilion cheaply.

Akshar Patel: Akshar took important wickets of Pakistan’s main batsman Usman Khan (44 runs) and captain Babar Azam (5 runs).

Other successful bowlers: Hardik Pandya dismissed Sahibzanda Farhan for a duck, while Kuldeep Yadav took the wicket of Mohammad Nawaz and Tilak Verma took the wicket of Shadab Khan.