Shubham Ranjane Hit 18 Runs Off Shaheen Afridi: The match between Pakistan and America in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 took place on Tuesday i.e. 10 February. This match was played at K Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo. Even though Pakistan won this match, American batsman Shubham Ranjane beat Shaheen Afridi’s balls fiercely with his bat. Shubham scored a half-century for America while taking on Pakistan alone. Let us tell you, this player has a special connection with Team India captain Suryakumar Yadav and India.

Scored a half century against Pakistan

Shubham Ranjane was the only batsman to score a half-century in the US team which was chasing the target of 191 runs against Pakistan. He scored 51 runs in 30 balls at a strike rate of 170, which included 3 sixes and 3 fours. This is the first half-century of 31 year old Shubham Ranjane in T20 International.

Shubham Ranjane beats Shaheen Afridi

Shubham Ranjane beat left arm fast bowler Shaheen Afridi the most during his half-century innings against Pakistan. Facing 7 balls from Shaheen, he scored a total of 18 runs at a strike rate of 257.14. Out of the total 6 boundaries that Shubham Ranjane hit in his innings, he hit 3 against Shaheen Afridi.

How is your connection with Suryakumar Yadav?

Shubham Ranjane, who beat Shaheen Afridi fiercely, has a special connection with Suryakumar Yadav. Actually, both of them are very good friends. Both have represented Mumbai cricket together. Shubham Ranjane’s bond with Suryakumar Yadav is so good that he calls him his elder brother.

Who is Shubham Ranjane?

American batsman Shubham Ranjane belongs to India. Shubham’s grandfather Vasant Ranjane has represented India in Test cricket. He has played 7 test matches for India, while his father has played for Maharashtra and India A in Under-19 cricket. Shubham also became a cricketer following the footsteps of his grandfather and father and is representing America in international cricket.

US President Donald Trump has congratulated the USA cricket team participating in the T20 World Cup 2026. This tournament is being played hosted by India and Sri Lanka, in which a total of 20 teams are participating. USA is also one of these teams. The tournament started on 7 February, while the final match will be played on 8 March.

Donald Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social, ‘I just came to know that the Cricket World Cup has started in India. I wish Team USA all the best. Our team is very strong. The whole of America is with you. This message of Trump is considered to be encouraging for the USA team. USA has been placed in Group A, where it competes with teams like India, Pakistan, Namibia and Netherlands. USA started its campaign against India on 7 February at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

USA gave tough competition to India

USA gave a tough fight to India in the first match of T20 World Cup 2026, but in the end India won by 29 runs. Batting first, India did not have a good start and the team lost 4 wickets for 46 runs in the powerplay itself. Abhishek Sharma could not even open an account. USA bowlers put pressure on India in the initial overs. After this Suryakumar Yadav played a brilliant innings. He scored unbeaten 84 runs on 49 balls, which included 10 fours and 4 sixes. Thanks to his innings, India could reach 161 runs for 9 wickets. This was Suryakumar’s fourth half-century in his fifth T20 innings as captain.

USA bowled brilliantly

Shadley Van Schalkwyk performed best for USA by taking 4 wickets. In reply, the Indian bowlers also played brilliantly and restricted the USA team to 132 runs for 8 wickets. Mohammad Siraj played an important role in India’s victory by taking 3 wickets.

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026: The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, hosted by India and Sri Lanka, is going to start from February 7, 2026. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has almost resolved the problems related to visas of players and support staff of Pakistani origin before the tournament. In this tournament, a total of 42 people including players and officials are coming to India for the T20 World Cup. In such a situation, ICC has taken important steps to facilitate visa related formalities.

There are players of Pakistani origin in these teams

Cricketers of Pakistani origin in the England team include spinner Adil Rashid, Rehan Ahmed and fast bowler Saqib Mahmood. The US team includes players of Pakistani origin like Ali Khan and Shayan Jahangir and the Netherlands team includes players of Pakistani origin like Zulfikar Saqib. According to the report, the visa applications of England players Rashid, Rehan and Shakib have already been approved. At the same time, Netherlands team members and Canadian support staff member Shah Salim Zafar have also got visas.

Last date for getting visa is 31st January

The process of providing visas to players and officials of Pakistani nationality or Pakistani origin included in the teams of UAE, USA, Italy, Bangladesh and Canada is underway. Next week’s date has been fixed for necessary action to provide visas for these teams, indicating that the process has reached its final stage. The last date for issuing visas for the participants has been fixed as January 31, 2026. Accelerating this process has been taken as a step in view of the representation of players of Pakistani origin in associate and full member countries. Cricketers, officials and standby players of many teams are involved in this process of ICC.

The 2026 T20 World Cup will start from 7 February and the final will be played on 8 March. Before the start of the World Cup, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has demanded that all its matches to be held in India should be shifted. Due to the safety of players and officials, BCB has made this demand from the International Cricket Council.

This decision of BCB has come at a time when Kolkata Knight Riders had expelled Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman on the instructions of BCCI. After that, Bangladesh Cricket Board has issued an official statement demanding to move its T20 World Cup matches out of India.

Bangladesh Cricket Board says that it wants a safe environment for its players and officials. The board said that in view of the current conditions in India, it demanded that its team’s World Cup matches should not be held in India on the orders of the Bangladesh government and also expressed the hope that the ICC will understand this problem and find a solution soon.

Big decision on Mustafizur Rahman too

Bangladesh Cricket Board has also taken a big decision on fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman. Rahman, whom KKR has released from its IPL 2026 squad on the instructions of BCCI. BCB had earlier given No Objection Certificate (NOC) to Rahman to play in IPL, but after his release by KKR, BCB has canceled Mustafizur Rahman’s NOC with immediate effect.