Ishan Kishan Scored Explosive Half Century In T20 World Cup Warm Up Match: Team India has started its preparations for the ICC T20 World Cup 2026. Team India faced South Africa last night i.e. on 4 February in its warm-up match of the T20 World Cup. In this match, Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan took the responsibility of opening for Team India. Kishan replaced Sanju Samson as the opener in this match. Ishan is in amazing form before coming to the T20 World Cup and he continued his excellent form in the warm-up match against South Africa also. He batted brilliantly in this match and scored a half-century.

Ishan Kishan’s explosive batting

Ishan Kishan, who came to open in place of Sanju Samson in the warm-up match against South Africa, has strongly presented his claim to the selectors with his explosive batting. This left-handed wicketkeeper batsman played a strong inning of 53 runs in just 20 balls, in which he hit only 2 fours and 7 skyscraper sixes. Recently, Kishan also performed well in the 5-match T20 series against New Zealand.

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Kishan had attacked from the very first over

Ishan Kishan started the Indian innings brilliantly. He opened his account by hitting a six off Lungi Ngidi on the very second ball of the innings. Ishaan’s aggressive form was seen in the fifth over, when he scored 6, 6, 4 and 6 consecutive runs on the last four balls of Enrique Norcia’s over, making a total of 22 runs. After this, he completed his half-century in just 20 balls by hitting Kwena Mafaka for a six on the fourth ball of the sixth over. This inning of his has indicated that he is absolutely ready to open with Abhishek in the World Cup.

ICC T20 World Cup 2026 Warm Up Match Result: The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 is going to start from February 7 under the joint hosting of India and Sri Lanka. Before the start of this tournament, all the teams are playing warm-up matches. In the warm-up match held on Tuesday, 3 February, Zimbabwe defeated Netherlands by 29 runs. This match was played at Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. In this match, Ryan Burl played a strong half-century for Zimbabwe. Apart from this, fast bowler Richard Ngarava took three wickets. Batting first, Zimbabwe scored 178 runs for 9 wickets, in which Burl scored 50 runs with the help of six fours in 31 balls, while for Netherlands, fast bowler Logan van Beek took 3 wickets for 22 runs in 3 overs.

Netherlands team was limited to within 150 runs

While chasing Zimbabwe’s target of 179 runs, the Netherlands team was limited to 149 runs. Richard Ngarava was the most successful bowler with 3 wickets for 11 runs. Leg spinner Graeme Cremer took two wickets for 15 runs. After an impressive performance with the ball, Van Beek played a struggling inning of 40 runs in 31 balls with the help of three sixes, but could not take the team closer to the target.

Nepal defeated UAE by 7 wickets

A warm match was played between Nepal and UAE in Chennai, in which Nepal won by 7 wickets. In this match, Deependra Singh Airi (50 not out in 31 balls) and Arif Sheikh (61 not out in 37 balls) played brilliant half-centuries for Nepal. There was an excellent partnership of 103 runs between the two for the third wicket. Batting first, UAE scored 145 runs for 6 wickets, in which Soheb Khan scored the highest run of 38 runs. Leg spinner Sandeep Lamichhane and fast bowler Karan KC took two wickets each.

Oman beat Sri Lanka A by 5 wickets

In the warm-up match held at Colts Cricket Club in Colombo, Oman defeated Sri Lanka A by five wickets in two overs. Batting first, Sri Lanka A scored 145 runs for nine wickets. For Oman, Shah Faisal, Shakeel Ahmed and Jai Odedara got two wickets each. In response, Oman achieved the target in 18 overs. On behalf of the team, Aamir Kaleem played an unbeaten inning of 80 runs in 47 balls with the help of eight fours and three sixes.

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026: The Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) has undergone a large-scale renovation ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka, starting next month. New floodlights have been installed in this prestigious stadium. This stadium has become the fifth international cricket stadium in Sri Lanka in which day and night matches can now be organised. The first match of the T20 World Cup will be played between Pakistan and New Zealand on February 7 on this ground.

New floodlights installed in Sinhalese Sports Club

Sinhalese Sports Club has thus joined the list of Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Pallekele Stadium in Kandy, Rangiri Dambulla Stadium in Dambulla and Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium in Hambantota. Where now international day and night matches can be organised. SSC hosted the first One Day International match played in Sri Lanka in 1982. The headquarters of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is also located here. Sri Lanka Cricket Treasurer Sujeewa Godaliadda told reporters, ‘The new lighting system is based on state-of-the-art LED technology and has been designed to meet the needs of international cricket and broadcasting.

Venues of T20 World Cup 2026

Both India and Sri Lanka are joint host countries of T20 World Cup 2026. All the matches of this Mahakumbh of cricket will be played on 8 stadiums. The names of those stadiums are as follows – Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Eden Gardens in Kolkata, Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Chepauk Stadium in Chennai, Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, two venues in Colombo, Premadasa Stadium and Sinhalese Sports Club and Pallekele Stadium in Kandy. This time a total of 20 teams will participate in the tournament, which have been divided into four groups.

T20 World Cup 2026 groups

Group A- India, Pakistan, USA, Netherlands and Namibia

Group B- Australia, Sri Lanka, Ireland, Zimbabwe and Oman

Group C- England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Nepal and Italy

Group D- New Zealand, South Africa, Afghanistan, Canada and UAE

Pakistan Cricket Team Boycott ICC T20 World Cup 2026: The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup is going to be jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka from February 7. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is continuously threatening to boycott this tournament, but in the meantime a new news has come to light. According to reports, Pakistan has been advised not to take such a step. It is being said in the reports that Pakistan has already booked its flight for Colombo. The Pakistani cricket team will leave for Colombo on Monday, by that time Pakistan’s cricket chief will announce his team’s participation in the T20 World Cup.

The team has booked the flight

The source told Telecom Asia Sports, ‘Despite the uncertainty over participating in the World Cup, the Pakistani team has booked an Air Lanka flight from Lahore to Colombo with the Australian team. It is expected that by Friday i.e. January 30, PCB Chief Mohsin Naqvi will clarify the participation of Pakistani team in this mega event.

Naqvi had expressed doubt on Pakistan’s involvement

In protest against the exclusion of Bangladesh from the T20 World Cup 2026, PCB Chief Mohsin Naqvi had expressed doubts over the participation of the Pakistani team in the tournament. Bangladesh Cricket Board’s request to shift its matches from India to Sri Lanka due to security concerns was rejected by the International Cricket Council (ICC). After this, on Monday, January 26, Naqvi met Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif in Islamabad to seek advice on whether to send the team to the T20 World Cup or not.

Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif advised not to boycott

Sources told TelecomAsia.net that Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif supported the PCB’s stance of supporting Bangladesh, but he has advised PCB Chief Naqvi not to boycott the World Cup to avoid any financial loss.