IND Vs PAK, ICC T20 World Cup 2026: India Hammer Pakistan By 61 Runs To Qualify For Super Eights
India notched up a 61-run victory over Pakistan in ICC T20 World Cup 2026 in Colombo on Sunday (February 15) for another dominant win over the arch-rivals in ICC events. Ishan Kishan made a high-quality 77 off 40 balls on a challenging pitch to take India to 175 for seven. The total proved to be more than enough for Pakistan, who folded for 114 in 18 overs. Both Indian pacers and spinners produced timely wickets to decimate the opposition. Jasprit Bumrah (2/17) and Axar Patel (2/19) were the stand out bowers for India. The win sealed Suryakumar Yadav and Co's progress to Super Eights stage.
A vendor sells national flags of India and Pakistan, before an ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 cricket match between India and Pakistan, near R Premadasa Stadium, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: PTI/Arun Sharma
India's fan wait for the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan to begin in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
Pakistan's fans wait for the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan to begin in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
India's captain Suryakumar Yadav, left, smiles as he and Pakistan's captain Salman Ali Agha walk out onto the field for the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
India's players stand up for the national anthems before the start of the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
Pakistan's players stand up for the national anthems before the start of the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
India's Ishan Kishan plays a shot during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
Pakistan's captain Salman Ali Agha celebrates the wicket of India's Abhishek Sharma during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
India's Ishan Kishan plays a shot during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
India's Tilak Varma plays a shot during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
India's Ishan Kishan, right, dives to make his crease safely as a throw from Pakistan's Saim Ayub, left, breaks the stumps during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, second right, watches the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
India's Ishan Kishan, right, celebrates his fifty runs as batting partner Tilak Varma looks on during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
Pakistan's Shadab Khan bowls a delivery during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
India's Ishan Kishan is bowled out by Pakistan's Saim Ayub during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
Pakistan's Saim Ayub, left, and captain Salman Ali Agha celebrate the wicket of India's Ishan Kishan during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
India's captain Suryakumar Yadav plays a shot during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
Pakistan's players wait for the third umpire's decision for the wicket of India's captain Suryakumar Yadav, right, during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
India's captain Suryakumar Yadav plays a shot during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
Pakistan's Saim Ayub, center, celebrates with teammates the wicket of India's Tilak Varma during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
Pakistani players celebrate the wicket of India's Hardik Pandya during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
India's Shivam Dube plays a shot during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
India's Hardik Pandya, right, celebrates the wicket of Pakistan's Sahibzada Farhan, right, during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
India's Jasprit Bumrah celebrates the wicket of Pakistan's Saim Ayub during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
India's players wait for the third umpire's decision for the wicket of Pakistan's Saim Ayub, second left, during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
India's Jasprit Bumrah, left, celebrates with teammates the wicket of Pakistan's captain Salman Ali Agha during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
Pakistan's captain Salman Ali Agha, left, leaves the ground after losing his wicket as teammate Usman Khan walks in during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
India's Axar Patel celebrates the wicket of Pakistan's Babar Azam during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
Pakistan's Usman Khan plays a shot during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
India's Varun Chakravarthy bowls a delivery during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
India's Axar Patel celebrates the wicket of Pakistan's Usman Khan during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
India's Kuldeep Yadav, left, celebrates with teammate Ishan Kishan the wicket of Pakistan's Mohammad Nawaz during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
India's Tilak Varma, right, and captain Suryakumar Yadav celebrate the wicket of Pakistan's Shadab Khan during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
India's Varun Chakravarthy, center, celebrates the wicket of Pakistan's Abrar Ahmed, left, during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
Pakistan's Shaheen Shah Afridi plays a shot during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
Pakistan's Usman Tariq is bowled out by India's Hardik Pandya during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
India's captain Suryakumar Yadav, right, and Ishan Kishan celebrate after India won their T20 World Cup cricket match against Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka. | Photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardena
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