Pakistan Eliminated From The ICC T20 World Cup 2026 For These Three Reasons: After Pakistan’s exit from the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, captain Salman Ali Aga has talked about the team’s performance, shortcomings and future challenges. The pain of being out of the semi-finals despite winning by 5 runs against Sri Lanka was clearly reflected in Salman’s statements. He cited toss, dew and poor performance of the middle order as the main reasons for the defeat. Even the brilliant innings of Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka (76 not out) could not save the Sri Lankan team from defeat, but Pakistan was eliminated from the World Cup on Saturday i.e. 28th February. Because of this, New Zealand has reached the semi-finals with England in Group-2.

Salman Ali Aga told the reason for being out of the semi-finals

After defeating Sri Lanka, Pakistan captain Salman Ali Aga admitted that losing the toss in the conditions of Pallekele was costly for them. He said, ‘Things became challenging from the time I lost the toss because dew was a big factor. The pitch was very good and restricting the Sri Lankan team to within 148 runs (for semi-final qualification) was always going to be a difficult task. Salman admitted that if the toss had been in his favour, the result could have been different.

Pakistan’s spin bowling failed

Pakistan’s spin bowlers had shown excellent performance throughout the tournament, but they failed in the important match against Sri Lanka. Aga said, ‘The dew definitely spoiled the plans. We were not able to implement our strategies as we wanted. Usman Khan had a bad day today, but this happens in T20 cricket. They have been amazing so far.

Pakistan has middle order problem

While talking about batting, Salman Ali Aga praised Sahibzada Farhan, who has scored two centuries in this World Cup. However, he raised questions on the other batsmen. According to Salman, ‘Batting was a matter of concern throughout the tournament. Sahibzada Farhan batted brilliantly, but if he had got a little more support from the middle order, the result could have been different. Our middle order has been a problem for the last few years, we have to sit down and work seriously on it.

Pakistan Got Eliminated From The Semifinal: The Sri Lankan team, which was the first to be eliminated from the race for the semi-finals in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, has broken Pakistan’s dream. Last night i.e. on 28th February, in the match played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, the Pakistani team, who came to bat first, scored a huge score of 212 runs at the loss of 8 wickets, thanks to the century of opener Sahibzada Farhan (100) and half-century of Fakhar Zaman (84 runs). With this, a record partnership of 176 runs for any wicket in the history of T20 World Cup was seen between Farhan and Fakhar.

Dasun Shanaka and Pawan Ratnayake broke Pakistan’s dream

To reach the semi-finals, Pakistan had to limit Sri Lanka to 147 runs at any cost, but it did not happen. The Sri Lankan team scored 207 runs at the loss of 6 wickets and lost the match by 6 runs. In this, captain Dasun Shanaka played an unbeaten 76 runs and Pawan Ratnayake played a brilliant half-century innings of 58 runs. In this match, as soon as the Sri Lankan team crossed the mark of 147, Pakistan was out of the semi-finals. On the other hand, New Zealand team reached the semi-finals. In this way, England and New Zealand are the teams that have qualified for the semi-finals from Group-2 of Super-8.

What will Team India have to do to reach the semi-finals?

If Team India has to reach the semi-finals, then under any circumstances it will have to defeat West Indies in the match to be held at Eden Gardens, Kolkata today i.e. on 1st March. Only if Team India wins all its remaining matches from here, it will be able to retain the title of World Champion. Let us tell you that the Indian team had won the title in the 2024 T20 World Cup under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma.