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T20 World Cup 2026: Ishan Kishan’s hurricane knock blows Pakistan away

Updated on: 17 February,2026 09:52 AM IST  |  Mumbai
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At the R. Premadasa Stadium, what was expected to be a rain-hit contest turned into an Ishan Kishan spectacle. Facing a Pakistan attack loaded with spinners, Kishan dismantled the bowling with a fearless, match-defining knock in the T20 World Cup clash

T20 World Cup 2026: Ishan Kishan’s hurricane knock blows Pakistan away

Rapper Hanumankind (left) with cricketer Ishan Kishan. Pic/ICC’s Instagram

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There was a forecast for rain at the Premadasa Stadium on Sunday night. Instead, it was a hurricane called Ishan Kishan that wreaked havoc, sweeping Pakistan aside with one of the more brutally beautiful innings of this T20 World Cup. Pakistan packed their XI with five specialist spinners and opened the bowling with a sixth. When Salman Agha sent Abhishek Sharma packing for a blob, predictions of this being a contest between India’s batters and Pakistan’s tweakers seemed justified till Kishan stepped up.




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