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Kishan set the tone right away against Shaheen Shah Afridi, pulling the left-arm pacer over square leg for six off his first ball. A streaky boundary followed as Kishan flirted with danger, while Tilak Varma finished the over with another four, taking 15 runs off Shaheen\u2019s opening spell. India, despite the early loss, had seized momentum.Kishan looked unstoppable from the outset. He opened Agha\u2019s second over with a boundary and continued to disrupt Pakistan\u2019s plans as both Agha and Saim Ayub bowled wide of the crease in an attempt to cramp India\u2019s batters for room. The tactic yielded limited success. Kishan punished a slightly short delivery from Ayub, pulling it powerfully towards backward square leg, although he nearly paid the price while attempting a risky single. Only five runs came from Ayub\u2019s first over, but Pakistan\u2019s grip was fleeting.Spin arrived in earnest when Abrar Ahmed was introduced, and Kishan greeted him with disdain. A poor first ball down the leg side was swept for six, followed by a crisp boundary through the covers when Abrar offered width. Eleven runs came from the over, further tilting the balance in India\u2019s favour.Kishan continued to find boundaries off Ayub, surviving another mistimed pull that just cleared mid-on. Tilak Varma then joined the act to close out a strong powerplay. Despite losing Abhishek early, India raced to 52 for 1 after six overs, with Kishan alone contributing 42 off 25 balls.There was no respite after the powerplay. Abrar switched to bowling over the wicket, but Kishan used soft hands to guide him past short third man before launching one straight down the ground to bring up a 27-ball fifty. The onslaught continued with another boundary through the covers, underlining his complete command over the bowling.With two left-handers at the crease, Agha turned to leg-spinner Shadab Khan, only for Kishan to unleash a slog-sweep for six. A boundary followed, and three well-run twos ensured 17 runs came off Shadab\u2019s first over.Kishan\u2019s innings finally ended when he reverse-swept Ayub for four before being bowled next ball, Ayub breaking the 87-run stand. On a challenging surface offering increasing grip, Kishan\u2019s 77 off just 40 balls stood out as a remarkable effort.<\/p>\nSaim shines with ball<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
Pakistan continued to rely heavily on spin, using six spinners in the innings, the most ever by a team in a T20 World Cup and joint-most by a Full Member in a T20I. It was Saim Ayub who choked India’s run flow with his street-smart bowling. After going wicketless in his first two overs, Ayub returned to remove Tilak Varma and Hardik Pandya in quick succession and nearly claimed a hat-trick, finishing with impressive figures of 4-0-25-3.India briefly lost momentum in the middle overs, but a patient 32 off 29 balls from Suryakumar Yadav, a brisk 27 off 17 from Shivam Dube, and a cameo of 11 off four balls from Rinku Singh ensured a strong finish.India eventually posted a competitive 175 for 7. For Pakistan, Saim Ayub picked up three wickets, while Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Usman Tariq picked up a wicket apiece. <\/p>\nHapless Pakistan <\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
Pakistan batters looked all at sea in the chase. Hardik Pandya dismissed Shahibzada Farhan in the first over for a duck. Saim Ayub teed off with a no look six off Jasprit Bumrah’s first ball. The Indian speedster then pinned the southpaw, before sending Pakistan Captain Salman Ali Agha back to the hut for 4. It was a poor shot for Agha, who started the match on a high but ended he would kicking himself after that shot. It almost felt like there was an unwanted contest in the Pakistan dressing room over who produced the night\u2019s worst dismissal. If Salman Ali Agha\u2019s soft exit raised eyebrows, Babar Azam went a step further, attempting an uncharacteristic slog and completely losing his stumps. Axar Patel threw his arms up in delight as the middle stump was uprooted. It summed up Pakistan\u2019s state of mind. Nowhere in the contest. Axar\u2019s flat trajectory, bowled with relentless accuracy, left the right-hander no room, and Babar\u2019s cross-batted swing looked utterly clueless.Usman Khan\u2019s counterattacking 44 off 34 balls was the lone flicker of resistance in an otherwise shambolic chase. The rest of Pakistan\u2019s batting folded without conviction, their top four failing to reach double figures as pressure mounted and belief evaporated. By the time the innings limped to its end, the contest had long been settled, leaving Pakistan exposed and India cruising through on the back of a ruthless, all-round performance.Brief Scores<\/span> India: <\/span>175 for 7 in 20 overs (Ishan Kishan 77, Suryakumar Yadav 32, Shivam Dube 27; Saim Ayub 3\/25) Pakistan:<\/span> 114 runs all out in 17.5 overs (Usman Khan 44; Jasprit Bumrah 2\/17, Axar Patel 2\/29, Varun Chakravarthy 2\/16)<\/div>\n\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ishan Kishan celebrates his half-century during an ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 cricket match…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3201,1753,6057,6585,2978,1125],"class_list":["post-2279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-colombo","tag-ind-vs-pak","tag-india-pak","tag-kishan","tag-pakistan","tag-t20-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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