India 8-1 Pakistan. This is the scoreline in the history of T20 World Cup after the match on February 15 in Colombo. India defeated its rivals Pakistan by a margin of 61 runs at the R Premadasa Stadium.
Ishan Kishan was the star performer of the match. Team India captain Suryakumar Yadav praised the top-order batsman for his brilliant batting performance under pressure. Thanks to Kishan’s inning of 77 runs, India successfully posted a challenging score on the scoreboard.
Suryakumar Yadav praised Ishan Kishan’s efforts to save Team India from initial setbacks.
In the first innings of the match, Pakistan captain Salman Ali Aga surprised every cricket fan by taking the wicket of Abhishek Sharma. Sharma’s dismissal for a duck put the Men in Blue in a difficult position. But Ishan Kishan was present there for rescue work.
Despite batting cautiously, the left-handed batsman continued his batting aggressively – counter-attacking at his best. The pitch was not entirely ideal for batting; Pakistan’s batsmen performed well and lost all 10 of their wickets for only 114 runs in 18 overs.
“I think it’s for India. We played the brand of cricket we wanted to play. Batting first on this wicket was a better option. Ishan thought something different. After 0/1, someone had to take the responsibility, and the way he took it was amazing,” Suryakumar Yadav said in the post-match presentation ceremony.
Suryakumar Yadav told that the situation was challenging for the team batting first.
The situation was not good for Team India, who came to bat first. Pakistan is playing its T20 World Cup 2026 matches in Sri Lanka; This is their known land. The circumstances were new for India. The weather was also not ideal for batting.
Colombo remained under clouds throughout the day. For a cricketer, it was very difficult to predict anything in advance about the nature of the pitch as well as the nature of the field.
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“It’s hard to say when you’re batting first. Because you never know if there will be dew or what the pitch will be like under lights. But we felt it was over 15. 155 could have been a tight game. It was great to see everyone contributing with the ball. We’ll go back, have a good time together as a team, and then think about other games when we fly to Ahmedabad.”
India will face Netherlands on February 18 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad at 7.00 pm IST. Before the match they have achieved three consecutive wins.
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