The first match of T20 World Cup 2026 was played between Pakistan and Netherlands in Colombo, Sri Lanka. In the end, Pakistan won the match by 3 wickets. At one time it seemed that Pakistan would lose the match, but a mistake by Scotland made Pakistan win the lost match.

Pakistan needed 29 runs in the last 2 overs. The team had lost 7 wickets. All-rounders Faheem Ashraf and Shaheen Afridi were present at the crease. The biggest hope for the team was Faheem Ashraf. However, Shaheen also has the ability to hit sixes. But in the 19th over, Scotland’s Max O’Dowd dropped a simple catch of Faheem.

Faheem Ashraf dismissed the match after missing the catch

Faheem’s score was less than 10 runs when he missed the catch. After this, he made Pakistan cross the victory line by hitting fours and sixes. Faheem scored 29* runs in 11 balls with the help of 2 fours and 3 sixes and made Pakistan win the first match of the tournament.

Pakistan won the match just because of the dropped catch

Don’t be surprised if porkies compare Faheem Ashraf with Hardik Pandya against Mighty Netherlands pic.twitter.com/EOYnSJMir9

— Nenu (@NenuHanma) February 7, 2026

full status of the match

Let us tell you that in the match, Pakistan had won the toss and decided to bowl. Netherlands, who came to bat first, were all out for 147 runs in 19.5 overs. During this, Scott Edward played the biggest innings for the team and scored 37 runs in 29 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six. During this period, Salman Mirza took maximum 3 wickets for Pakistan. Apart from this, Mohammad Nawaz, Abrar Ahmed and Sam Ayub took 2-2 wickets in their account. Shaheen Afridi got the remaining 1 wicket.

Then Pakistan team came on the field for run chase and won by scoring 148/7 runs in 19.3 overs. During this, Sahibzada Farhan played the biggest innings for the team and scored 47 runs in 31 balls with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from this, no other batsman could touch the 30 run mark.