Suryakumar Yadav-led India thrashed Pakistan by 61 runs within the twenty seventh match of the continued ICC T20 World Cup 2026 to proceed their unbeaten run. It was India’s third win in as many video games within the competitors and has additionally booked their place within the subsequent spherical.
The Males in Blue fully dominated Pakistan within the match on the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Though Pakistan had the benefit of enjoying their first two video games on the similar venue, it counted for little as they proved no match for the reigning champions.
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India thrash Pakistan:
Pakistan received the toss and opted to bowl first on a sluggish floor. The Males in Inexperienced had been off to a superb begin as Abhishek Sharma was out for a duck within the very first over. Nonetheless, Ishan Kishan modified the complexion of the match together with his whirlwind knock.
He smashed a 27-ball fifty and went on to attain 77 runs off simply 40 balls. His beautiful knock was studded with 10 fours and three sixes. He was the one batter from both facet to attain a fifty. India ultimately completed their innings on 175/7 in 20 overs.
In reply, Pakistan had been bowled out for simply 114 runs. They misplaced three wickets inside the primary two overs and simply couldn’t recuperate after that. They stored shedding wickets at common intervals and had been all out for a paltry complete ultimately. Usman Khan top-scored for his facet, scoring 44 runs whereas Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel and Varun Chakaravarthy picked up two wickets apiece.
Hardik Pandya loses his cool:
It was an ideal outing for Crew India however the finish of the match noticed some tense moments after two catches had been dropped off Hardik Pandya’s bowling. The incident happened within the 18th over when Hardik Pandya was bowling to Shaheen Afridi. On the very first ball of the over, Afridi edged the ball behind the stumps however Kishan dropped it.
Hardik Pandya was under no circumstances completely happy and was seen giving Kishan a earful. On the very subsequent ball, Afridi was dropped once more and Kuldeep Yadav was at fault this time. Kuldeep dropped a reasonably simple probability at long-on. Not solely that, the ball additionally sailed over the boundary for a six, making Hardik Pandya completely livid.
Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav and Kuldeep concerned in heated trade:
As quickly as Kuldeep dropped the catch, an animated Pandya pointed at each Ishan and Kuldeep and seemingly cursed them. Pandya went on to dismiss Afridi in the identical over to take India over the road.
Even after the win, Pandya was under no circumstances proud of the fielding effort and was seen having a heated trade with Kuldeep. Later, captain Suryakumar Yadav was additionally seen saying one thing to Kuldeep in an animated style whereas the gamers had been shaking arms with one another.
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Kuldeep vs Hardik Pandya and Surya #IndvsPak pic.twitter.com/au48bFIXFp
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