India

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

Saim Ayub

Sahibzada Farhan

Salman Agha (C)

Babar Azam

Usman Khan (W)

Shadab Khan

Mohammad Nawaz

Faheem Ashraf

Shaheen Afridi

Abrar Ahmed

Usman Tariq

Arshdeep Singh

Axar Rajeshbhai Patel

Dhruv Chand Jurel

Hardik Himanshu Pandya

Harshit Pradeep Rana

Ishan Pranav Kumar Pandey Kishan

Jasprit Jasbirsingh Bumrah

Jitesh Mohan Sharma

Rahul Kannaur Lokesh

Mohammed Siraj

Kaki Nitish Kumar Reddy

Muralikrishna Prasidh Krishna

Ravi Bishnoi

Ravindrasinh Anirudhsinh Jadeja

Rinku Khanchand Singh

Rishabh Rajendra Pant

Rohit Gurunath Sharma

Ruturaj Dashrat Gaikwad

Bhardwaj Sai Sudharsan

Sanju Viswanath Samson

Shreyas Santosh Iyer

Shubman Singh Gill

Suryakumar Ashok Yadav

Namboori Thakur Tilak Varma

Varun Chakaravarthy Vinod

Virat Kohli

Washington Sundar

Yashasvi Bhupendra Kumar Jaiswal

Mohammad Babar Azam

Faisal Akram

Fakhar Zaman

Haris Rauf

Hasan Nawaz

Haseebullah Khan

Mohammad Hussain Talat

Khawaja Muhammad Nafay

Mohammad Rizwan

Mohammad Wasim

Naseem Abbas Shah

Salman Ali Agha

Mohammad Salman Mirza

Shaheen Shah Afridi

Usman Khan

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T20 World Cup 2026

Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha rued team's humiliating 61-run defeat against India in their T20 World Cup 2026 clash. Pakistan failed to chase down a 176-run target

Pakistan suffered a 61-run hammering against India in their T20 World Cup 2026

Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha put all blame on his team's spinners

Pakistan captain Salman Agha has a chat with his teammates in this frame. (Getty)

Salman Ali Agha openly blames Pakistan's spinners after India hammering

India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2026: Suryakumar Yadav-led side defeated Pakistan by 61 runs to seal T20 World Cup 2026 Super Eight berth.

India defeated Pakistan by 61 runs in T20 World Cup 2026 clash.

Ishan Kishan scored 77 runs against Pakistan. 

Ishan and Tilak along with Shaheen Afridi (Getty)

Ishan indirectly mocks Shaheen Afridi after India's dominating win vs Pakistan

Ishan Kishan's blitzkrieg powered India to dominating 61-run win over Pakistan to storm into T20 World Cup 2026 Super 8. Pakistan failed to chase down a 176-run target

India thrashed Pakistan by 61 runs in their T20 World Cup 2026 clash

With this win, India sealed their spot in the Super 8

L-R: India's Jasprit Bumrah, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma and Pakistan's Saim Ayub in frame. (Getty)

T20 WC: Kishan unleashes 'out of syllabus' assault as India bully Pakistan again

Jasprit Bumrah launched a lethal yorker to get rid off Saim Ayub in the high-octane T20 World Cup 2026 clash between India and Pakistan

Jasprit Bumrah delivered a peach of a yorker to dismantle Saim Ayub

Saim Ayub had to return to the pavilion after scoring just 6 runs

India's Jasprit Bumrah (C) celebrates with his teammates the wicket of Pakitan's Saim Ayub in this frame. (Getty)

Watch: Jasprit Bumrah's lethal yorker floors Saim Ayub, followed by Icy send-off

Abhishek Sharma extended his duck streak in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2026 as he returned to the pavilion without disturbing the scorers against Pakistan

Abhishek Sharma recorded a four-ball duck in the T20 World Cup clash against Pakistan

This was Abhishek's second duck in the ongoing season

India's Abhishek Sharma returns to the pavilion after recording a duck in the T20 World Cup clash against Pakistan. (Getty)

IND vs PAK: Abhishek Sharma bags unwanted record after twin ducks in T20 WC

India's star wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan ran riot with the bat and cracked a lightning 40-ball 77 in the high-stakes T20 World Cup 2026 clash against Pakistan

Ishan Kishan roared with the bat in the T20 World Cup 2026 clash against Pakistan

Ishan Kishan tonked a lightning 40-ball 77 to script history

India's Ishan Kishan (R) in action in this frame. (Getty)

T20 World Cup: Ishan Kishan scripts history against Pakistan with 40-ball 77

India skipper Suryakumar Yadav didn't shake hands with his Pakistan counterpart Salman Ali Agha at the toss ahead of their T20 World Cup 2026 clash

India's no-handshake policy against Pakistan continued at the T20 World Cup 2026

India captain Suryakumar Yadav didn't shake hands with Pakistan skipper Salman Ali Agha

Pakistan's captain Salman Agha (L) walks past India skipper  Suryakumar Yadav in this frame. (Getty)

IND vs PAK: India continue no-handshake stance vs Pakistan at T20 World Cup, Her

IND vs PAK, T20 World Cup: Pakistan won the toss and chose to bowl first against India in their T20 World Cup 2026 clash in Colombo. Abhishek Sharma walked into India's playing XI after missing the last match due to stomach infection

Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl first against India

Know the playing XIs of both the teams here:

India's Suryakumar Yadav (L) and Pakistan's Salman Ali Agha in frame. (Getty)

T20 WC: India make 2 big changes in playing XI as Pakistan opt to bowl first

Former Indian player Shreevats Goswami has predicted that a 'Virat Kohli-like' knock will be required at the R Premadasa pitch which will stage the blockbuster India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup clash

The stage is set for the blockbuster T20 World Cup clash between India and Pakistan

Former Indian wicketkeeper batter Shreevats Goswami feels a Virat Kohli-like knock will decide the winner of IND vs PAK match

India's Virat Kohli (L), Axar Patel (2nd from R), Suryakumar Yadav and Pakistan's Salman Ali Agha (2nd from L) in frame. (Getty)

Ex-India player identifies 'Virat Kohli' factor ahead of India vs Pakistan clash

Suryakumar Yadav's India head into their T20 World Cup 2026 Group A encounter against arch-rivals Pakistan in Colombo on February 15 as clear favourites

India vs Pakistan Playing XI

IND vs PAK Match 27 Playing XI - Colombo (15 February 2026)

Playing XI

News updates

Salman Ali Agha openly blames Pakistan's spinners after India hammering

Ishan indirectly mocks Shaheen Afridi after India's dominating win vs Pakistan

T20 WC: Kishan unleashes 'out of syllabus' assault as India bully Pakistan again