India Vs Pakistan Live Rating, T20 World Cup 2026: Salman Agha Out For 4, PAK 13/3 After 2 Overs In 176-Run Chase

Hardik Pandya to Usman Khan : No run.

Hardik Pandya to Usman Khan : Full and in front of the sticks, Usman pushes it to widish mid off.

Hardik Pandya to Babar Azam : On a back of a length, shaping away, outside off, Babar Azam tries to punch it to the off side, but gets a thick outside edge to deep third for a single.

Pakistan slip into further trouble. Usman Khan joins Babar Azam out in the center.

Jasprit Bumrah to Salman Agha : OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! A nothing shot from the Pakistani 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 appears to whip it over mid-wicket, but closes the bat face too early and loses shape. The forefront loops towards mid on, where Pandya backtracks a few steps and takes an easy catch.

Jasprit Bumrah to Salman Agha : FOUR! Not very convincing, but runs are runs. Full and swinging in from outside off. Agha steps forward to drive through the off side but gets a thick inside edge, and the ball goes past mid-wicket for a boundary.

Jasprit Bumrah to Babar Azam : Azam gets a bit squared up on a superb length ball, on off. Manages to dab it through short third for a single.

Jasprit Bumrah to Babar Azam : Just over! Back of a length, outside off, Babar Azam slashes it over backward point. Rinku Singh sprints across from deep third and cuts it off within the deep before the ropes. Two taken.

Babar Azam walks in with Pakistan in early trouble.

Jasprit Bumrah to Saim Ayub : OUT! LBW! Pakistan lose each 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. An enormous 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 didn’t get out in front. The umpire doesn’t feel the necessity to go for the UltraEdge. Ball Tracking presents three reds because the ball is projected to smash into the center pole.

Jasprit Bumrah to Saim Ayub : SIX! Off the highest edge, but Saim and Pakistan will take it. Bumrah shoots a length ball, on the leg stump. Saim jumps out of the crease and tries to whip over the leg side, but only manages an enormous forefront and the ball sails all the way in which over deep third.

No Arshdeep Singh tonight. Jasprit Bumrah will share the attack.

Hardik Pandya to Salman Agha : Much fuller and straighter on the pads, Salman Agha tucks it to mid-wicket. A WICKET MAIDEN from Hardik.

An early blow to Pakistan. The captain, Salman Agha, walks in at number 3.

Hardik Pandya to Salman Agha : BEAUTY! On a back of a length, nipping away, outside off, Salman Agha loses hangs his bat away from the body and the ball zips past his outside edge.

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 additional little bit of bounce. Sahibzada Farhan tries to drag it to the leg side, but gets a fat top edge. The ball is skied towards mid on, kisses the moon before descending. Rinku Singh lurks under it within the ring and takes a secure catch.

Hardik Pandya to Sahibzada Farhan : Three dots! On a superb length, outside off at 134.2 kph, Sahibzada Farhan punches it off the back foot, but finds the fielder at cover.

Hardik Pandya to Sahibzada Farhan : On a back of a length, outside off, moving away, Sahibzada Farhan covers the stumps and tucks it to the leg side in front of square.

Hardik Pandya to Sahibzada Farhan : Swing immediately. Shapes away from a tough length, on off, Sahibzada Farhan hops on the crease and bunts it down the pitch.

Pakistan fought their way back into the competition after those breakthroughs and managed to maintain the scoring in check through their spinners.

Salman Agha pulled off a surprise first up and it worked perfectly, dismissing Abhishek in his opening over. Pakistan, nevertheless, didn’t construct on that early breakthrough as Ishan Kishan made them pay for anything loose. He continued to dominate even after the Powerplay, with Tilak Varma largely playing second fiddle of their stand. Ishan scored 76 of the 87 runs in that partnership, and at one stage, India were cruising at 10 an over with 82 on the board at the tip of 8 overs.

So India have finished with a difficult rating of 175/7 from their 20 overs. Pakistan will probably be completely happy with the full though given the rapid pace at which India were scoring throughout the early a part of their innings because of Ishan Kishan’s blazing 40-ball 77. Pakistan then hit back with quick blows before Shivam Dube’s breezy 17-ball 27 helped them to an honest finish.

End of the Indian innings, one which ebbed and flowed. Given how the pitch has behaved, India will take 175. Pakistan, though, may have mixed feelings. With the way in which Ishan Kishan was going, India looked destined for an even bigger total. Pakistan did well to drag things back through the center overs, but on the death, with Shaheen Afridi not quite nailing the ultimate over, they were unable to stop India from crossing 170.

Shaheen Afridi to Axar Patel : OUT! CAUGHT! 16 runs from the ultimate over. INDIA FINISH AT 175/7.

Axar Patel walks out to the center.

Shaheen Afridi to Rinku Singh : OUT! SHIVAM DUBE IS RUN OUT!

Shaheen Afridi to Rinku Singh : SIX! The move to shut the innings out with Shaheen Afridi is proving expensive. 15 runs off the over with two balls to go. Angled within the slot, on middle. Rinku crouches to get under the ball and clubs it over deep square leg for a biggie. With two left-handers on the crease, could Salman Agha not bowled himself?

Shaheen Afridi to Rinku Singh : FOUR! Useful runs for India! Back of a length, but with quite a lot of width offered by Afridi. Rinku Singh gets to free his arms and smacks it over point for a cracking boundary.

Shaheen Afridi to Shivam Dube : Takes pace off, on a length, outside off, Shivam Dube hangs back and punches it to long off for a single.

Time for the ultimate over. It would be pace to shut out the innings. Here’s Shaheen Afridi. Went for 15 runs in his lone over.

Shaheen Afridi to Shivam Dube : FOUR! SMASHED!

Usman Tariq to Rinku Singh : Pushed flatter and fuller, at 79.3 kph, in front of the sticks, Rinku Singh sits right down to sweep, however the ball goes straight to the bowler off the underside end.

Rinku Singh walks in with 7 legal balls left within the innings.

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 gap. Ayub, positioned just a few yards contained in the boundary, completes a snug catch at deep mid-wicket.

Usman Tariq to Suryakumar Yadav : Swing and a miss!

Usman Tariq to Shivam Dube : Very slow through the air, on a length, coming in with the arm and staying low. Shivam Dube tries to drag, however the ball skids and beats the within edge to rap him on the thigh pad. The ball then rolls wide of square leg for a leg bye.

Usman Tariq to Shivam Dube : FOUR! CLUBBED! Slider into the batter, full in length, Shivam Dube picks the length nicely and shimmies down the track before pumping it over the bowler for a boundary down the bottom.

Usman Tariq to Shivam Dube : Nearly dragged on! A round-arm delivery, bowled really slow, fullish and on off, Shivam Dube goes for the cut, however the ball goes off the within edge and deflects off his back boot and rolls past the stumps.

Usman Tariq (3-0-20-0) to bowl the nineteenth over.

Abrar Ahmed to Shivam Dube : 1 run.