Having put to bat first, Team India's swashbuckling opening batsman Abhishek Sharma departed on a four-ball duck. This also marked his second duck in the ongoing global showpiece (Pic: File Pic)
Despite losing an early wicket, fellow opening batsman Ishan Kishan smashed 77 runs off just 40 deliveries. His knock was laced with 10 boundaries and three maximums (Pic: X/@BCCI)
Tilak Varma returned to the pavilion after playing a knock of 25 runs in 24 balls, with the help of two boundaries and a maximum. Premier all-rounder Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel were dismissed on ducks each. Skipper Suryakumar registered a score of 32 runs, which came in 29 balls, with the help of three boundaries. Shivam Dube also smashed 27 runs off 17 deliveries. His knock also included three boundaries and a maximum. Rinku Singh stayed unbeaten on 11 runs off four balls, which also included a boundary and a maximum. With this, the "Men in Blue" posted a total of 175 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs (Pic: X/@BCCI)
Pakistan's star all-rounder Saim Ayub returned with the figures of three wickets for 25 runs in four overs. Skipper Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, and Usman Tariq also bagged one wicket each. Abrar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, and Mohammad Nawaz went wicketless in the T20 World Cup 2026 match against arch-rivals, Team India (Pic: X/@ICC)
It will be interesting to see if Pakistan's premier batsman Babar Azam delivers a match-winning knock against the "Men in Blue" tonight (Pic: File Pic)
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