In the 27th league match of T20 World Cup 2026, the teams of India and Pakistan are facing each other at the R Premadasa Stadium located in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Batting first in the match, Team India scored 175 runs for 7 wickets on the board in 20 overs. This is the biggest total in T20 World Cup matches between India vs Pakistan. During this, Ishan Kishan played the biggest innings for the team and scored 77 runs in 40 balls with the help of 10 fours and 3 sixes. Whereas for Pakistan, Sam Ayub took maximum 3 wickets.

Keeping the pitch in mind, mainly spin bowling was seen from Pakistan. The spinners bowled 18 overs for the team. The remaining 2 overs were bowled by fast bowler Shaheen Afridi. A total of 7 bowlers bowled for the team, which included 6 spinners.

Pakistan won the toss

Let us tell you that in the match, Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl. Now it will be interesting to see how right this decision proves for Pakistan.

Innings Break!

Ishan Kishan’s half-century and contribution from the middle order help #TeamIndia finish with 1⃣7⃣5⃣

Time for the bowlers now!

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India got a bad start

Team India, which came on the field to bat first, had a very bad start. The team lost the first wicket in the very first over in the form of Abhishek Sharma, who returned to the pavilion without opening the account.

However, after Abhishek was out, Ishan Kishan took over the innings and made a partnership of 87 runs (46 balls) with Tilak Verma. Looking at this partnership, it seemed that Team India would easily reach the 200-run mark. But the Indian innings slowed down after Ishaan got out in the 9th over. After Ishaan, captain Suryakumar Yadav played an inning of 32 runs. Apart from this, Shivam Dubey scored 27 runs at a strike rate of 158.82.

Pakistan’s bowling

Sam Ayub was the bowler taking the maximum 3 wickets for Pakistan. Apart from this, captain Salman Aga, Usman Tariq and fast bowler Shaheen Afridi took 1 wicket each.

IND vs PAK T20 World Cup 2026 Toss Update: In the 27th league match of T20 World Cup 2026, the teams of India and Pakistan are facing each other at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka. In the match, Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl. India has made two changes in the playing 11 in the match. Whereas Pakistan has selected 6 spinners in its eleven.

There have been two changes in the Indian team in the form of Abhishek Sharma and Kuldeep Yadav. Kuldeep has been included in place of Arshdeep Singh. Only one main fast bowler has been included in the team in the form of Jasprit Bumrah. However, Hardik Pandya will play the role of the second pacer.

What did the Pakistan captain say after the toss?

After the toss, Pakistan captain Salman Ali Aga said, “We would like to bowl first. It looks a bit difficult, so we feel that the bowlers will get help in the initial first few overs so we want to use that. It is a big match. We all know that. Everyone in our team is relaxed. We are focused on this match and we are excited for this challenge.”

Indian captain said after the toss?

After the toss, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav said, “No problem (with batting first). We were not looking at batting first. We have seen the results here and we have batted in the last two matches and have won by defending in both the matches, so we do not want to change anything.”

Talking about the big opportunity ahead, Surya said, “I think it would have been easy to say that this is just another game. But this is an opportunity. There is always a lot at stake in these games, but at the same time you also have to know what you want to do.”

India’s playing 11 for the match

Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah.

Pakistan’s playing 11 in the match

Saeem Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Aga (captain), Babar Azam, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Usman Khan (wicketkeeper), Shaheen Afridi, Abrar Ahmed, Usman Tariq.