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In a commanding display of batting firepower and disciplined bowling, the India national cricket team defeated the Pakistan national cricket team by\u00a061 runs\u00a0in their marquee Group A clash at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 at Colombo on February 15.\u00a0<\/p>
After being asked to bat first, India posted a competitive\u00a0175\/7 in 20 overs, powered by a scintillating knock from Ishan Kishan.\u00a0<\/p>
The left-handed opener played an aggressive yet controlled innings, scoring\u00a077 off 40 balls, striking boundaries at regular intervals and keeping Pakistan\u2019s bowlers under sustained pressure.\u00a0<\/p>
Despite a few middle-order setbacks, India maintained momentum through useful late contributions, ensuring a challenging target of 176.\u00a0<\/p>
Bowlers seal win\u00a0<\/strong><\/p> Pakistan\u2019s chase never truly gained traction as Indian bowlers struck at key moments, preventing partnerships from developing. Regular wickets pushed the required run rate beyond reach, with Pakistan slipping steadily behind the game.\u00a0<\/p> India\u2019s attack combined tight new-ball spells with sharp death-over execution to bowl Pakistan out well short of the target, sealing a convincing 61-run victory.\u00a0<\/p> This was also Pakistan\u2019s third lowest score in a T20 World Cup match, right behind their 82 vs West Indies in 2014 and 113\/7 vs India in 2024.<\/p> <\/div> India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2026, India beat Pakistan by 61 runs, Ishan Kishan 77 highlights, IND vs PAK match report, T20 World Cup India Pakistan result, India Pakistan rivalry cricket, India bowling performance vs Pakistan, Colombo T20 World Cup match, IND vs PAK score summary, cricket news India Pakistan 2026#T20 #World #Cup #Ishan #Kishans #blitz #powers #India #massive #61run #win #Pakistan1771178528<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In a commanding display of batting firepower and disciplined bowling, the India national cricket team defeated the Pakistan national cricket team by\u00a061 runs\u00a0in their marquee Group A clash at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 at Colombo on February 15.\u00a0 After being asked to bat first, India posted a competitive\u00a0175\/7 in 20 overs, powered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[12058,12057,12052,12054,5464,12048,12053,200,12046,12051,12050,12045,12055,12047,12056,10416,1857,7304,5463,12049,773,2557],"class_list":["post-3562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content-marketing","tag-61run","tag-blitz","tag-colombo-t20-world-cup-match","tag-cricket-news-india-pakistan-2026","tag-cup","tag-ind-vs-pak-match-report","tag-ind-vs-pak-score-summary","tag-india","tag-india-beat-pakistan-by-61-runs","tag-india-bowling-performance-vs-pakistan","tag-india-pakistan-rivalry-cricket","tag-india-vs-pakistan-t20-world-cup-2026","tag-ishan","tag-ishan-kishan-77-highlights","tag-kishans","tag-massive","tag-pakistan","tag-powers","tag-t20","tag-t20-world-cup-india-pakistan-result","tag-win","tag-world"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}