Pakistan vs India Highlights today,15 Feb 2026.
India defeated Pakistan by 61 runs in the crucial match of the T20 World Cup 2026.
In response to India’s 176 runs, the Pakistani batting line proved to be a wall of sand and except for Usman Khan, no batsman could play steadily, he resisted for 44 runs. The national team was bundled out for 114 runs in 18 overs.
In pursuit of the target, the openers could not provide a good start and in the very first over, Sahibzada Farhan walked without scoring any runs, after which in the next over, Saim Ayub was caught lbw off Bumrah after scoring only 6 runs. On the last ball of the same over, captain Salman Agha also took a catch while playing high short.
The experience of out-of-form senior batter Babar Azam also did not help, who once again failed to play a big innings and was bowled by Akshaptel after scoring 5 runs.
7 batsmen from Pakistan could not even enter double figures. Shadab Khan 14, Mohammad Nawaz 4, Faheem Ashraf 10, Abrar and Usman Tariq returned to zero while Shaheen Afridi remained not out on 23 runs.
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Earlier, in the match being played in Colombo, the Pakistani captain won the toss and preferred fielding and invited India to bat first.
Surprisingly, Salman Ali Agha himself bowled the first over and dismissed Abhishek Sharma for just one run, after which Ishan Kishan, along with Tilak Verma, adopted an aggressive approach and scored a fifty off just 27 balls.
Both the batsmen tried to consolidate the score by adding runs quickly, but Ishan Kishan lost his wicket at a total of 88.
Captain Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma batted cautiously and took the innings forward and established a partnership that was starting to look like a sign of danger. Saim Ayub took the wickets of Tilak Verma and Pandya in two consecutive balls in the 15th over to temporarily avert the danger.
This was the moment when the Pakistan team stopped the run rate and put pressure on the opposing batsmen. Suryakumar was also dismissed in the next over, while aggressive batsmen Shiv Dubey and Rinko Singh played good strokes and took the total to 175 runs.
India scored 175 runs for 7 wickets in the allotted overs, with Ishan Kishan top-scoring with 77 runs, while Tilak Verma scored 25, Suryakumar Yadav 32, Pandya 0, Shiv Dubey 27 runs. Rinko Singh remained not out with 11 runs off 4 balls.
At the toss, Salman Ali Agha said that no changes have been made to the Pakistan team against India. We are ready for the competition. We know how to play on such a pitch.
Pakistan has maintained its winning combination without making any changes to the team for this important match. The national team’s playing eleven includes Babar Azam, Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, captain Salman Agha, Usman Khan, Shadab Khan, Muhammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Usman Tariq, Shaheen Afridi and Abrar Ahmed.
On the other hand, Abhishek Sharma has returned to the Indian team. Along with Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Rinko Singh and Akshar Patel have been included in India’s final eleven. Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah are part of the team in the bowling lineup.
Shoaib Malik
Shoaib Malik said that Pakistan should have won the quota and batted first. Salman Ali Agha’s decision to field first is surprising.
Shoaib Malik said that no matter how much the total was, the pressure would have gone to the Indian team. Our spin attack is such that it could have defended the target.
Kamran Akmal
Former wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal has also objected to the decision and said that Pakistan should have won the toss and batted first. The captain must have been thinking that there would be a dew factor, but it is important to understand that when there is a rain forecast, dew does not occur.
He said that the advantage that could have been gained from the toss was gone, then the pitch became slow. Pakistan has 6 spinners, so how can you decide to bat first when our bowling is strong, not batting.
Looking at the historical record, the two teams have faced each other 16 times in T20 Internationals, out of which India has won 13 matches and Pakistan 3. India has had a heavy lead in the history of the T20 World Cup, where India has won 7 out of 8 matches while Pakistan has won only one.
If the field is cricket and the rival teams are Pakistan and India, it becomes not just a game but a battlefield with the intensity of emotions, where the war is fought with the ball and bat instead of weapons.
Today is a double Sunday for cricket fans because not one but two, two Pakistan-India matches are being played today.
A Pakistan-India match is being played between Pakistan and India in the ICCT T20 Men’s World Cup in Colombo at 6:30 pm, on which the eyes of cricket fans and the media around the world are focused.
However, before that, the two countries will clash in Bangkok in the Rising Star Women’s Asia Cup, which is starting some time later according to Pakistani time.
The Pakistan Women’s team won its first match in the event, while world champions India were defeated by the United Arab Emirates in the first match.
In the high-voltage clash between Pakistan and India in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, the Green Shirts have won the toss and decided to field.
In the match being played in Colombo, national team captain Salman Agha won the toss and preferred fielding and invited India to bat.
On the occasion of the toss, Salman Ali Agha said that no changes have been made to the Pakistan team against India. We are ready for the competition. We know how to play on such a pitch.
For this important match, Pakistan has maintained its winning combination without making any changes to the team. The national team’s playing eleven includes Babar Azam, Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, captain Salman Agha, Usman Khan, Shadab Khan, Muhammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Usman Tariq, Shaheen Afridi and Abrar Ahmed.
On the other hand, Abhishek Sharma has returned to the Indian team. India’s final XI includes Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh and Axar Patel. The bowling line-up includes Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah.
Looking at the historical record, the two teams have faced each other 16 times in T20 Internationals, out of which India has won 13 and Pakistan 3 matches. India has a heavy advantage in the history of the T20 World Cup, where out of 8 matches, India has won 7 while Pakistan has won only one.
The players of both teams are ready to take to the field with full determination for this big clash between the bitter rivals.