IND vs PAK T20 World Cup: Mohsin Naqvi leaves stadium before finish as India smash Pakistan to enter Super 8s
Updated on: Feb 15, 2026 11:19:06 PM IST
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IND vs PAK T20 World Cup: Game over! India have beaten Pakistan comprehensively by 61 runs, to continue their domination in the T20 World Cups. With the win, India became the first team to qualify for the Super 8 stage. Chasing 176 to win, Pakistan’s innings never quite took off and ended at 114 all out in 18 overs. Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel and Varun Chakaravarthy picked up two wickets each.
The latest from the venue is that PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi left the Premadasa Stadium even before Pakistan could be put out of their misery. Usman Khan was the only Pakistan who looked threatening, but closing in on a half-century, he too fell six short of the milestone, getting out stumped to give Axar his second wicket of the innings. Mohammad Nawaz got himself an early boundary, but he holed out in the deep.
Shadab Khan tried to get his team out of the rut, but things continued to go from bad to worse for Pakistan, who lost 4 wickets inside the Powerplay and with technically nothing on the board. They were all over the place. Salman Ali Agha got himself a boundary, but the Pakistan captain fell the very next ball to leave Pakistan reeling at 13/3.
Talk about a dream start. Hardik Pandya, who did not deliver with the bat, has done so with the bat, dismissing Sahibzada Farhan for a duck in the first over. In the next over, Saim Ayub top-edged Jasprit Bumrah for a six before the ‘best pacer in the world’ landed a perfect yorker to wave Ayub goodbye.
Pakistan needed to chase down 176 after India posted a record-highest total of 175/7 in India-Pakistan T20 World Cup matches. Ishan Kishan set the tone with a smoking 77-run knock off just 40 balls before sizeable contributions from Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma and Rinku Singh in the end ensured India put up a challenging score on the board.
India were motoring along well, with a solid partnership brewing between Suryakumar and Tilak Varma. However, once Gautam Gambhir had a pretty strong animated chat with the two batters, right after the break, India lost two wickets in two balls, losing Tilak and the dangerous Hardik Pandya, for a first-ball duck.
Despite wickets falling, India continue to score at a 9-10 runs per over. Pakistan’s fielding error didn’t help their cause, with Shadab Khan gifting Suryakumar an easy four and another fielder failing to spot the ball. Usman Tariq, the much-talked-about spinner, finished with 4/24.
Ishan Kishan’s fine innings ended at 77, but not before he cracked the code for India and spiked the run-rate at almost 10 an over. Ishan was in some marauding form. The left-handed opener blasted a 27-ball fifty to calm Indian nerves after a wicket in the first over. This is his second consecutive half-century, following the 61-run blitz against Namibia three nights ago. Ishan took boundaries off Shaheen, Saim Ayub and Abrar Ahmed. The Men in Blue lost Abhishek Sharma without scoring, but India scored at a decent rate, even as Pakistan tried to slow them down by introducing different spinners.
Playing XIs
India Playing XI: Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah
Pakistan Playing XI: Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Agha(c), Babar Azam, Mohammad Nawaz, Usman Khan(w), Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Abrar Ahmed, Usman Tariq
India vs Pakistan head-to-head record
India has dominated Pakistan in the T20 World Cups, winning 7 games and losing just one in 2021. Overall, the head-to-head matches between India and Pakistan in T20Is are as follows.
Matches: 16
India won: 12
Pakistan won: 3
Tied: 1
India vs Pakistan T20I stats
Most runs: Virat Kohli with 492 runs
Most wickets: Hardik Pandya with 15 wickets
India vs Pakistan Live Streaming
The India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup match will be live-streamed on Hotstar, and it can also be viewed on TV on the Star Sports network
Some key pointers related to tonight’s India vs Pakistan match
– India has won the last five T20I matches against Pakistan
– The last time India lost was in September 2022
– This is the first time since 2007 that an India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup match won’t feature either Rohit Sharma or Virat Kohli
– The winner of tonight’s match will most likely end Group A as its top-ranked team
– And lastly, rain is expected to hamper this match
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The latest from the venue is that PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi left the Premadasa Stadium even before Pakistan could be put out of their misery. Usman Khan was the only Pakistan who looked threatening, but closing in on a half-century, he too fell six short of the milestone, getting out stumped to give Axar his second wicket of the innings. Mohammad Nawaz got himself an early boundary, but he holed out in the deep.
Shadab Khan tried to get his team out of the rut, but things continued to go from bad to worse for Pakistan, who lost 4 wickets inside the Powerplay and with technically nothing on the board. They were all over the place. Salman Ali Agha got himself a boundary, but the Pakistan captain fell the very next ball to leave Pakistan reeling at 13/3.
Talk about a dream start. Hardik Pandya, who did not deliver with the bat, has done so with the bat, dismissing Sahibzada Farhan for a duck in the first over. In the next over, Saim Ayub top-edged Jasprit Bumrah for a six before the ‘best pacer in the world’ landed a perfect yorker to wave Ayub goodbye.
Pakistan needed to chase down 176 after India posted a record-highest total of 175/7 in India-Pakistan T20 World Cup matches. Ishan Kishan set the tone with a smoking 77-run knock off just 40 balls before sizeable contributions from Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma and Rinku Singh in the end ensured India put up a challenging score on the board.
India were motoring along well, with a solid partnership brewing between Suryakumar and Tilak Varma. However, once Gautam Gambhir had a pretty strong animated chat with the two batters, right after the break, India lost two wickets in two balls, losing Tilak and the dangerous Hardik Pandya, for a first-ball duck.
Despite wickets falling, India continue to score at a 9-10 runs per over. Pakistan’s fielding error didn’t help their cause, with Shadab Khan gifting Suryakumar an easy four and another fielder failing to spot the ball. Usman Tariq, the much-talked-about spinner, finished with 4/24.
Ishan Kishan’s fine innings ended at 77, but not before he cracked the code for India and spiked the run-rate at almost 10 an over. Ishan was in some marauding form. The left-handed opener blasted a 27-ball fifty to calm Indian nerves after a wicket in the first over. This is his second consecutive half-century, following the 61-run blitz against Namibia three nights ago. Ishan took boundaries off Shaheen, Saim Ayub and Abrar Ahmed. The Men in Blue lost Abhishek Sharma without scoring, but India scored at a decent rate, even as Pakistan tried to slow them down by introducing different spinners.
Playing XIs
India Playing XI: Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah
Pakistan Playing XI: Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Agha(c), Babar Azam, Mohammad Nawaz, Usman Khan(w), Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Abrar Ahmed, Usman Tariq
India vs Pakistan head-to-head record
India has dominated Pakistan in the T20 World Cups, winning 7 games and losing just one in 2021. Overall, the head-to-head matches between India and Pakistan in T20Is are as follows.
Matches: 16
India won: 12
Pakistan won: 3
Tied: 1
India vs Pakistan T20I stats
Most runs: Virat Kohli with 492 runs
Most wickets: Hardik Pandya with 15 wickets
India vs Pakistan Live Streaming
The India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup match will be live-streamed on Hotstar, and it can also be viewed on TV on the Star Sports network
Some key pointers related to tonight’s India vs Pakistan match
– India has won the last five T20I matches against Pakistan
– The last time India lost was in September 2022
– This is the first time since 2007 that an India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup match won’t feature either Rohit Sharma or Virat Kohli
– The winner of tonight’s match will most likely end Group A as its top-ranked team
– And lastly, rain is expected to hamper this match
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Feb 15, 2026 11:10:00 PM IST
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Feb 15, 2026 10:38:14 PM IST
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“This is for India. We played the same brand of cricket we wanted to play. The way Ishan batted, he batted the same way (he has been batting in the last few games and domestic cricket). Ishan thought something out of the box. At 0-1, someone needed to take responsibility and he did that amazingly. There was a bit of a slump but that is the beauty of t20 cricket. The way they (Tilak, Dube and Rinku) batted, it is commendable. (On what he felt was par) Difficult to tell when batting first. As soon as we reached 175, we thought it was 15-20 runs over par. 155, it would have been a very tight game. Hardik took the new ball, taking charge. Bumrah then showed why he is the best in the world. It was great to see everyone contributing. (On how they intend to keep this run going) We think about that tomorrow. We go back, have some good time together as a team (tonight) and think about that when we reach Ahmedabad,” Surya said after the match.
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“We went with four spinners, they had an off-day. Execution was missing in some parts. With the bat, we did not start well. If you lose 3-4 wickets in the powerplay, you are always chasing the game. In the first innings, it was a bit tacky and the ball was gripping too. The pitch played better in the second innings but we did not bowl according to the situation and we did not apply ourselves with the bat. In these games, the emotions are always going to be high, we just need to deal with it. We have played enough (of these games), we have a game in a couple of days and we have to look forward to it. We need to win that and qualify. Then it is a new tournament,” Salman Ali Agha in the post-match presentation.
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“I think the wicket wasn’t that easy in the beginning. You just have to believe and focus on your strength. Wanted to make them run as much as possible to my side. I worked a lot on my off-side play. I was just trying to keep it simple. I had that in mind that we need to put 160-170 runs and it will be a good total for us. India v Pakistan is always a special game not only for us but for our country as well. Winning this game against Pakistan will give us a lot of confidence and we will look to keep the momentum going. When Shaheen was bowling I didn’t feel like the ball was doing much for the pacers but how Bumrah and Hardik bowled in those two overs was incredible,” Ishan Kishan said after becoming player of the match.
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