Irfan Pathan Danced To The Song Afghan Jalebi: India got a spectacular 61-run victory against Pakistan in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026. There is an atmosphere of celebration on social media after this victory, but a special video of former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan has set the internet on fire. Actually, Irfan, in his familiar style, has taken a dig at Pakistan’s defeat. After seeing this, entire Pakistanis must have felt chilly.

Irfan danced on Afghan Jalebi

Immediately after the match between India vs Pakistan, Irfan Pathan posted a video of himself dancing on Instagram, in which he is seen dancing on the famous song Afghan Jalebi. Along with this video, he wrote in the caption, ‘Neighbors, how was Sunday?’ This style of Irfan was a direct joke towards Pakistani fans, which quickly went viral. This is not the first time, but Irfan has earlier celebrated the Asia Cup and Champions Trophy by dancing on the same song, which has now become his identity.

Team India’s Super Sunday on the field

The real reason for Irfan Pathan’s celebration was Team India’s victory over Pakistan. On a difficult pitch, Ishan Kishan played a stormy innings of 77 runs in just 40 balls, taking India to the score of 175. He completely neutralized Pakistan’s spin attack by making an important partnership of 87 runs with Tilak Verma. While chasing the target, Pakistan team could not stand against the lethal bowling of Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya and the entire team was reduced to just 114 runs.

India’s 8-1 historic lead in T20 World Cup

R of Colombo. With the win at the Premadasa Stadium, India has taken its record 8-1 lead against Pakistan in the history of T20 World Cup. Actually, so far 9 matches have been played between India and Pakistan in this tournament, in which Team India has won 8 times, while Pakistan has got only one win.

Axar Patel Ridiculated Pakistan And Praised Ishan Kishan: Team India defeated Pakistan by 61 runs on Sunday night i.e. 15th February and made it to the Super 8 round of T20 World Cup 2026. In this match, Ishan Kishan, who played an explosive inning of 77 runs with 10 fours and 4 sixes in 40 balls, was chosen as the player of the match. After the victory against Pakistan, Team India’s vice-captain Akshar Patel came to the press conference to answer the questions of the journalists, who took 2 important wickets for 29 runs in 4 overs. He admitted that there is extra pressure during the India-Pakistan match, but said that the players do not pay attention to the discussions going on outside regarding the age-old rivalry and quietly focus on their work.

Akshar told reporters after the match

Akshar Patel said, ‘Yes, there is pressure, people around you, your family or friends talk to you about it. So yes, there is a little more pressure than a normal match. Being professional cricketers we only focus on controlling our emotions. We don’t think much about competition nor do we put extra pressure on ourselves because of it. We look at Pakistan like any other team. We don’t think about mutual rivalries. We just focus on cricket so, whenever I play (against Pakistan), I take it as a match against another opponent.

Akshar praised Ishaan Kishan fiercely

Akshar Patel praised Ishan Kishan and said, ‘Looking at the way he batted, I think it was one of the best innings, because it was not so easy to bat in the conditions here. The ball was spinning, some balls were going straight, so it was not easy. The only thing is that his form in domestic cricket, he maintained it in the series against New Zealand and then scored a half-century in the last match as well. When your confidence is high, you don’t think much about yourself or the wicket. Along with confidence, skill is also important, he did not hit all his shots at one place, but also played shots over cover and slip.

Sunil Gavaskar Still Sees Concern In The Indian Camp: After USA, Team India has also defeated Namibia in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026. Now the next turn is of Pakistan, which will be played in Colombo on 15th February. This is the biggest match of this tournament. The first runs of this tournament have come from the bat of Suryakumar Yadav, while Ishan Kishan has also shown his stormy batting style. Hardik Pandya also performed brilliantly in batting against Namibia in Delhi, but former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar still sees a worry in the Indian camp.

Sunil Gavaskar is worried about Sanju Samson

Sunil Gavaskar’s concern is about Sanju Samson, who played in place of Abhishek Sharma against Namibia in Delhi, because Abhishek was ill. In this match, Sanju scored 22 runs in 8 balls, which included 3 sixes and one four. Nevertheless, Sunil Gavaskar said before the match against Pakistan that Samson’s form is a cause for concern, because he has been out many times at the same place.

Sunil Gavaskar gave statement on Star Sports

While analyzing on Star Sports, Sunil Gavaskar said, ‘The way Sanju Samson got out… he has been out in the same area before. It is clear that this is something which will bother the team management, because if Abhishek is not fit for the match against Pakistan on Sunday i.e. 15th February, then only Samson will play. Hopefully he would have saved all the runs in that game – Samson, all the runs he did not score against New Zealand and even today, he will be expected to score runs in that particular match. He further said, ‘Apart from this, it was a very good performance by Team India. The way Ishan Kishan batted and Hardik, Hardik had a great performance.

BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla Thanked The ICC: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Vice President Rajeev Shukla on Tuesday, February 10, praised the International Cricket Council (ICC) and said that it ‘found a very good solution’ due to which Pakistan withdrew its boycott of the T20 World Cup match against India. Following the request of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, the Pakistan government decided to withdraw the boycott appeal, which means that the match between India and Pakistan will take place as per schedule.

Rajeev Shukla thanked ICC

Rajiv Shukla told reporters, ‘On behalf of BCCI, I want to express my gratitude to ICC President (Jay Shah) and his officials for finding a very good solution. This decision has been taken after discussions with Pakistan Cricket Board and Bangladesh Cricket Board and after listening to all the parties. He said, ‘This decision is very important for cricket. Cricket should continue and now the World Cup will be a big success. As far as ICC is concerned, this is a big achievement. Bangladesh Cricket Board has also praised ICC. He listened to all the parties and took this decision keeping in mind the interests of all. Shukla further said, ‘Ultimately cricket is most important for everyone. International cricket is important for everyone.

Pakistan government withdrew the decision of boycott

Bangladesh Cricket Board chief Aminul Islam had issued a statement in Dhaka, appealing to Pakistan to withdraw the boycott. After this it was decided that Pakistan would withdraw the boycott. Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake also spoke on phone to Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, who requested him to allow the team to play the match. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Mohsin Naqvi informed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif about his talks with the ICC. After this, the Pakistan government issued a statement and gave permission to its team to play this match.

ICC did not fine Bangladesh

The ICC made some concessions on the issue and decided not to impose any penalty on Bangladesh, which had to pull out of the World Cup after refusing to play in India citing security concerns. Earlier, Pakistan had said that it will not play the match against India. This was being considered as a political protest related to the exclusion of Bangladesh from the tournament. The ICC had rejected Bangladesh’s request to shift its matches from India to Sri Lanka due to security reasons. After this, Bangladesh was thrown out of the tournament and Scotland was included in its place.

Salman Mirza Given Statement On Playing Against India: The India vs Pakistan match in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 is scheduled to be held on 15 February in Colombo. Regarding this match, Pakistan fast bowler Salman Mirza said on Monday, February 9 that the team is preparing to play the entire T20 World Cup 2026 and will also play the match against India after getting permission from the government. In the press conference before the match between America and Pakistan, Salman Mirza was asked whether there was any discussion in the team regarding the match against India. In response, Mirza said, ‘We are preparing for the entire tournament. We will play according to the opposing team. The decision will be taken by the government and we will do what is asked of us.

Salman Mirza gave statement on India-Pakistan match

Salman Mirza said, ‘At this time the focus is on the upcoming match and we will make strategy match by match. As far as the match against India is concerned, it will be the government’s decision. Whatever the government decides, we will play accordingly.

Sri Lanka-UAE urge PCB to reconsider the decision

The cricket boards of Sri Lanka and UAE have also urged the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to reconsider its decision. A PCB source said that Aminul appreciated the solidarity shown by Pakistan towards Bangladesh cricket and requested Naqvi to end the boycott. The source said that Naqvi will probably request the Prime Minister to allow the team to play against India in the T20 World Cup 2026. Naqvi will give details to the Prime Minister especially about the requests of Sri Lanka, UAE and Bangladesh boards and the recent talks.

Pakistan Vs India Boycott Timeline: The controversy regarding the match to be played between India vs Pakistan in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 has finally ended. The news of Pakistan government boycotting the match against India came out on 1st February and now the news of the matter ending on 9th February came out. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has accepted some demands of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) in a three-party meeting held in Lahore on Sunday, February 8. Because of this, the speculations and confusion that had been going on for weeks for the T20 World Cup 2026 have come to an end. Now this big match between India and Pakistan is just waiting for the formal announcement.

Imran Khawaja resolved India-Pakistan issue

ICC deputy chairman and Singapore representative Imran Khawaja was chosen by the board as the arbitrator on this controversial issue. Imran is considered an influential figure in the ICC and holds voting rights on the board as an Associate Member Director. Mohsin Naqvi from PCB side and former player Aminul Islam from Bangladesh side participated in the meeting. Together, all three resolved this impasse and ended the uncertainty that had been going on for weeks.

What happened on which day in India-Pakistan dispute?

1 February – The Pakistan government had announced that their cricket team will play in the T20 World Cup 2026, but not against India. Until the ICC received formal confirmation from the PCB, it had warned that if Pakistan withdrew from the match, there would be serious consequences. However, Pakistan remained firm on its decision. Later, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also publicly reiterated this stance, making the boycott threat almost official. In less than ten days, the PCB’s tough stance softened. On Monday i.e. 9 February, he reversed his decision and agreed to play against India.

3 February – An informal conversation took place between ICC and PCB. ICC had intensified its efforts to organize the biggest India-Pakistan match of Group A. ICC deputy chairman Imran Khawaja and Emirates Cricket Board chairman Mubashir Usmani held several calls and meetings with PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi and PSL chief and senior advisor to Naqvi Salman Naseer. These efforts had started a week ago. These became more intense after the tweet of Pakistani government.

5 February – Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) President Shammi Silva wrote a letter to Naqvi urging him to reconsider his decision to abandon the match against India. Warned that this decision could cause serious economic crisis in Sri Lanka, because large-scale preparations have already been made for the contest. The PCB was also reminded of Sri Lanka’s past cooperation, which included touring Pakistan at a sensitive and challenging time.

6 February – According to reports, Naqvi assured his Sri Lankan counterpart that he would respond after consulting the Pakistan government.

7 February – Shortly after Pakistan’s nervous win against Netherlands in the first match of T20 World Cup 2026, a big revelation was made in a PTI report. PCB formally wrote a letter to ICC demanding implementation of the ‘Force Majeure’ clause. This attempt was to justify the boycott of the match against India. ICC was not satisfied with this and along with solid reasons, it also asked for proof that all possible solutions had been tried.

8 February – Imran Khawaja, appointed as arbitrator by the ICC, reached Lahore and held a meeting with Naqvi and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Islam. This meeting lasted for more than five hours, in which Pakistan made many demands, although both sides did not publicly disclose the outcome.

9 February (morning) – After Sri Lanka Cricket, Emirates Cricket Board also wrote a letter to PCB urging it to reconsider its stand. The ECB warned that a boycott would ‘damage the game’ and cause huge economic losses to many member countries, especially associate teams.

9 February (evening) – PCB Chief Mohsin Naqvi once again met Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and informed him about the discussions held in Lahore and the appeals of BCB, SLC and Emirates Cricket Board. Sharif also spoke on phone to Sri Lankan President Anuar Kumar Dissanayake, who reiterated his request to play the match with Pakistan. The Pakistani government later clarified that the purpose of reversing the boycott decision was ‘to protect the spirit of cricket and support the continuity of this global game in all participating countries.’

Pakistan Placed Three Demands Before The ICC: Dark clouds are still looming over the India vs Pakistan match in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026. Pakistan has refused to play matches against India in this tournament. However, till now the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has not given written information to the International Cricket Council (ICC) regarding this. In such a situation, it is expected that India vs Pakistan match will be seen on 15th February.

ICC is also making every possible effort to organize the biggest India vs Pakistan match of T20 World Cup 2026. On Sunday, February 8, a meeting was held between ICC and PCB Chief Mohsin Naqvi, in which the President of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) was also present. Pakistan has placed three big demands before the ICC to end the match boycott against India. One of these demands is such that India will never agree to it.

Pakistan placed these three demands before ICC

According to a report by Telecom Asia Sport, PCB Chief Mohsin Naqvi has put three conditions before the ICC to end the boycott call of the match against India. He demanded more revenue share from the world body and also demanded resumption of bilateral cricket with India. Apart from this, he has also demanded that Indian players join hands with Pakistani players in the T20 World Cup 2026.

First demand – Pakistan needs more revenue from the world body.

Second demand – Bilateral cricket with India should start again.

Third demand – Indian players should join hands with Pakistani players in T20 World Cup 2026.

India will never accept Pakistan’s second demand

India will never agree to the second demand placed before the ICC by Pakistan. The last bilateral series between India and Pakistan was played in the year 2012. Due to political tension, for the last 16 years both the teams have played against each other only in ICC tournaments. After the Pahalgam terrorist attack in India last year, India’s stance against Pakistan has become more tough. After this attack, Team India has stopped shaking hands with Pakistani players from Asia Cup 2025 itself. Even if the remaining two demands of Pakistan are fulfilled, resumption of the bilateral series seems quite difficult.