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India vs Pakistan, Live Score, Match 27, ICC Men's T20 World Cup, 2026

India

Batting R B 4s 6s SR

Ishan Kishan (W) b Saim Ayub 77 40 10 3 192.5

8.4

Saim Ayub to Ishan Kishan, OUT! KNOCKED HIM OVER! Just the breakthrough Pakistan were desperately in search of. Ayub flights the ball and lands it in front of the leg stump. It holds on the surface, grips and spins away. Ishan Kishan backs away to slap it through the off side, but gets beaten all ends up as the length, perhaps, is not apt for that shot. The ball beats the bat's edge and kisses the bails on the middle and leg poles. Ishan departs after a swashbuckling 77. India are 88/2.

Abhishek Sharma c Shaheen Afridi b Salman Agha 0 4 0 0 0

0.6

Salman Agha to Abhishek Sharma, OUT! CAUGHT! A masterstroke from Salman Agha. Pakistan have a massive wicket early in the game. Abhishek Sharma goes for a four-ball duck, his second duck in this World Cup. Agha spears it in, on middle. Not all that short for the pull and the ball skids through after pitching. Abhishek presses back for the pull but is hurried, and he ends up spooning it tamely to mid on, where Shaheen Afridi takes a sitter at the edge of the ring. INDIA ARE 1/1 AFTER 1 OVER!

Tilak Varma lbw b Saim Ayub 25 24 2 1 104.17

14.2

Saim Ayub to Tilak Varma, OUT! LBW! A big shout and the finger is raised. After a chat with the skipper, Tilak Varma decides not to take the review. Drifting into the left-hander from around the wicket, on a length, on middle and leg. Varma gets down on a knee for the slog sweep but he misses and the ball straightens after landing to hit him on the crouched back thigh. Saim Ayub provides Pakistan with a timely breakthrough and breaks the 38-run partnership. The Ball Tracking shows that the ball would have clipped the top of the leg pole. It would have been umpire's call, so the decision would have been upheld on review.

Suryakumar Yadav (C) c Saim Ayub b Usman Tariq 32 29 3 0 110.34

18.5

Usman Tariq to Suryakumar Yadav, OUT! TAKEN! Tariq breaks the 33-run partnership. Tossed up on a length around middle and off. Suryakumar Yadav goes for the slog sweep, but there’s no pace to work with. He gets under it nicely but fails to generate enough power to get the distance. Ayub, positioned a few yards inside the boundary, completes a comfortable catch at deep mid-wicket with a reverse cup.

Hardik Pandya c Babar Azam b Saim Ayub 0 1 0 0 0

14.3

Saim Ayub to Hardik Pandya, OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Two in two for Saim Ayub he is on a hat-trick. A golden duck for Hardik Pandya. Carrom ball from Ayub and he keeps it away from the batter's hitting arc. Hardik cannot resist himself after seeing the ball tossed up slightly. He has a big swing at it but only gets the height and not the distance. It is skied towards long off, where Babar Azam takes the catch in reverse cup style over his right shoulder.

Shivam Dube run out (Mohammad Nawaz / Usman Khan) 27 17 3 1 158.82

19.5

Shaheen Afridi to Rinku Singh, OUT! SHIVAM DUBE IS RUN OUT! A big mix-up between the batters and Shivam pays the price. Back of a length outside off, Rinku throws his hands at it and slices it out to sweeper cover. Nawaz collects it on the bounce as the batters complete a single. Dube looks for a second and sets off, but Rinku is hesitant at the other end, which forces Dube to retreat. Nawaz fires in a throw to the keeper, where Usman whips off the bails with Shivam out by a fair bit. Dube is fuming, he isn't impressed there as Rinku turned down the second after showing interest initially.

Rinku Singh not out 11 4 1 1 275

Axar Patel c Saim Ayub b Shaheen Afridi 0 1 0 0 0

19.6

Shaheen Afridi to Axar Patel, OUT! CAUGHT! Not the best of balls by Shaheen, as this is full and outside off, with a slight pace taken off. Axar Patel swings across to slog it over deep mid-wicket, but his bat turns at the point of contact and goes only as far as deep mid-wicket. Saim Ayub runs in off the ropes and tumbles across to his left to pluck the catch. INDIA FINISH AT 175/7, with 16 runs coming from the final over.

TOTAL: 175 -7 in 20.0 overs (8.75 runs per over)

Extras (lb 2, w 1, nb 0, b 0) 3

Fall of wickets :1-1 (Abhishek Sharma , 0.6 overs), 2-88 (Ishan Kishan , 8.4 overs), 3-126 (Tilak Varma , 14.2 overs), 4-126 (Hardik Pandya , 14.3 overs), 5-159 (Suryakumar Yadav , 18.5 overs), 6-175 (Shivam Dube , 19.5 overs), 7-175 (Axar Patel , 19.6 overs)

Still to bat : Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah

Bowling overs M R W Econ Extras

Salman Agha 2 0 10 1 5 0nb, 0w

Shaheen Afridi 2 0 31 1 15.5 0nb, 0w

Saim Ayub 4 0 25 3 6.25 0nb, 0w

Abrar Ahmed 3 0 38 0 12.67 0nb, 0w

Shadab Khan 1 0 17 0 17 0nb, 0w

Mohammad Nawaz 4 0 28 0 7 0nb, 0w

Usman Tariq 4 0 24 1 6 0nb, 1w

Pakistan

Batting R B 4s 6s SR

Sahibzada Farhan c Rinku Singh b Hardik Pandya 0 4 0 0 0

0.4

Hardik Pandya to Sahibzada Farhan, OUT! STRAIGHT UP THE CHIMNEY AND GONE! The short ball does the trick for Hardik and India's joy knows no bounds. Farhan knew it straightaway. Short by Hardik, outside off, with an extra bit of bounce. Sahibzada Farhan tries to pull it to the leg side, but gets a fat top edge. The ball is skied towards mid on and it kisses the moon before descending. Rinku Singh lurks under it in the ring and takes a safe catch. PAKISTAN ARE 0/1, needing another 176 RUNS FROM 116 BALLS!

Saim Ayub lbw b Jasprit Bumrah 6 2 0 1 300

1.2

Jasprit Bumrah to Saim Ayub, OUT! LBW! Pakistan lose both their openers. Bumrah nails a fuller ball that swings back in on middle. Saim Ayub tries to flick it across, but misses and the ball slams into the pads. A big appeal for LBW and Kumar Dharmasena obliges by raising his finger. But Saim goes upstairs for a review. The replay shows that Saim's bat actually grazed the back pad and it did not get out in front. The umpire does not feel the need to go for the UltraEdge. Ball Tracking presents three reds as the ball is projected to smash into the middle pole. PAKISTAN ARE 6/2 and need another 170 RUNS FROM 112 BALLS!

Salman Agha (C) c Hardik Pandya b Jasprit Bumrah 4 4 1 0 100

1.6

Jasprit Bumrah to Salman Agha, OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! A nothing shot from the Pakistan skipper and Bumrah has two in his first over. On a length, angled in towards off from outside off. Agha plants his front leg across and looks to whip it over mid-wicket, but closes the bat face too early and loses shape. The top edge loops towards mid on, where Pandya backtracks a couple of steps and takes a simple catch. PAKISTAN ARE 13/3 and need another 163 RUNS FROM 108 BALLS!

Babar Azam b Axar Patel 5 7 0 0 71.43

4.5

Axar Patel to Babar Azam, OUT! OUTFOXED! A beauty of a delivery by Axar. Gives the ball more flight and pitches it in front of the sticks, and this is the under-cutter on a fuller length. Babar Azam swings wildly to slog it over the leg side, but plays all over the line of the ball. It sneaks through the yawning gap between the bat and the pad and crashes into the stumps. Babar Azam trudges off to the pavilion and Pakistan are 34/4, chasing 176.

Usman Khan (W) st Ishan Kishan b Axar Patel 44 34 6 1 129.41

10.4

Axar Patel to Usman Khan, OUT! STUMPED! Pakistan lose half their side now. Axar expects Usman to charge down the track and cunningly pulls the length back, keeping it outside off. Usman Khan is nowhere near the pitch of the ball. He tries to reach it by throwing his hands, but gets beaten on the outside edge. Ishan Kishan calmly collects the ball behind the stumps and whips the bails off with Usman well short. Pakistan are 73/5 in the chase of 176 runs.

Shadab Khan c Shivam Dube b Tilak Varma 14 15 1 0 93.33

12.1

Tilak Varma to Shadab Khan, OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! And again, the shot selection is a bit iffy. Tilak floats it full and keeps it outside off. Shadab Khan stretches forward, getting down on his knee, but is not up to the pitch of the ball. Tries to thump it down the ground, but ends up slicing it off the toe end toward long off. Shivam Dube settles under it and takes an easy catch around his chest. Tilak strikes with his first ball and India are right in the driver's seat. Pakistan are now 7 down for 78 and need another 98 runs from 47 balls!

Mohammad Nawaz c Shivam Dube b Kuldeep Yadav 4 5 1 0 80

11.4

Kuldeep Yadav to Mohammad Nawaz, OUT! TAKEN! The wheels are coming off for Pakistan in the chase. Kuldeep tries to float it up but it comes out as a low full toss, on middle. Mohammad Nawaz takes it on the full, trying to whip it behind deep mid-wicket but fails to generate the power and does not get the distance either. The ball goes down the throat of Shivam Dube stationed in the deep who does well to gobble it. He is a few yards in off the ropes, and moves to his right to take a good catch. Kuldeep is all smiles, as he knows this is a wicket gifted away to him. FROM 73/4, PAKISTAN ARE 78/6! EQUATION - 98 RUNS, 50 BALLS.

Faheem Ashraf c Rinku Singh b Varun Chakaravarthy 10 14 1 0 71.43

15.3

Varun Chakaravarthy to Faheem Ashraf, OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! If there was any hope left for Pakistan, that should be it. Flatter and shorter, on middle. Faheem rocks on the back foot for the pull but only gets the height and not the distance. It goes only as far as deep mid-wicket, where Rinku Singh runs in off the ropes and gobbles it up. Pakistan are 97/8.

Shaheen Afridi not out 23 19 2 1 121.05

Abrar Ahmed lbw b Varun Chakaravarthy 0 1 0 0 0

15.4

Varun Chakaravarthy to Abrar Ahmed, OUT! PLUMB IN FRONT! Kumar Dharmasena nods before raising the finger. Chakaravarthy is on a hat-trick! Abrar Ahmed reviews, more in hope than anything else. Googly from Chakaravarthy, on a length, on middle. Abrar does not pick the wrong 'un, neither from the hand nor off the surface. He is caught on the crease and just hangs his bat out to cover the line. The ball lands and comes back in to go past the inside edge and hits him on the pads. No bat involved and the Ball Tracking shows three reds with the ball crashing into the middle stump.

Usman Tariq b Hardik Pandya 0 3 0 0 0

17.6

Hardik Pandya to Usman Tariq, OUT! CASTLED! All over for Pakistan. India win by 61 runs and book their place in the Super 8 stage! Hardik keeps the stumps in play with a length ball, Tariq exposes all three stumps and stays leg side of the ball. He hangs his bat out away from his body to cover the line. He plays down the wrong line as the ball goes past the outside edge and clatters into the top of the middle pole. With this massive defeat, Pakistan slip down to third in the standings in Group A, below USA, with a net run rate of -0.403, while USA's reads a healthy +0.788!

TOTAL: 114 in 18.0 overs (6.33 runs per over)

Extras (lb 1, w 3, nb 0, b 0) 4

Fall of wickets :1-0 (Sahibzada Farhan , 0.4 overs), 2-6 (Saim Ayub , 1.2 overs), 3-13 (Salman Agha , 1.6 overs), 4-34 (Babar Azam , 4.5 overs), 5-73 (Usman Khan , 10.4 overs), 6-78 (Mohammad Nawaz , 11.4 overs), 7-78 (Shadab Khan , 12.1 overs), 8-97 (Faheem Ashraf , 15.3 overs), 9-97 (Abrar Ahmed , 15.4 overs), 10-114 (Usman Tariq , 17.6 overs)

Bowling overs M R W Econ Extras

Hardik Pandya 3 1 16 2 5.33 0nb, 1w

Jasprit Bumrah 2 0 17 2 8.5 0nb, 1w

Axar Patel 4 0 29 2 7.25 0nb, 0w

Varun Chakaravarthy 3 0 17 2 5.67 0nb, 0w

Kuldeep Yadav 3 0 14 1 4.67 0nb, 1w

Tilak Varma 2 0 11 1 5.5 0nb, 0w

Rinku Singh 1 0 9 0 9 0nb, 0w

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