In a stunning twist during the high-voltage India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2026 match, Pakistan’s Saim Ayub delivered a career-defining triple strike—cleaning up Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, and Hardik Pandya to shift momentum dramatically in Pakistan’s favor.
Fueled by Ishan Kishan’s explosive 77 off 40 balls, India posted a historic 175/7 against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup 2026—its highest-ever total in this high-stakes rivalry on a challenging Colombo pitch.
Ishan Kishan lit up the R. Premadasa Stadium with a record-breaking fifty, surpassing Yuvraj Singh to register the third-fastest fifty in India vs Pakistan T20 history during their high-voltage World Cup clash in Colombo.
Powered by half-centuries from Monank Patel and Sanjay Krishnamurthi, USA defeated Namibia by 31 runs to keep their T20 World Cup Super 8 qualification hopes firmly alive.
Once fueled by passion and national pride, the India-Pakistan cricket rivalry is now sustained by cold financial logic—and everyone knows it. But whose loss is it really?
The customary pre-match handshake was absent again as Suryakumar Yadav and Salman Ali Agha skipped the gesture at the toss, continuing India’s firm stance against Pakistan since the Asia Cup 2025.