All posts tagged: India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2026

Former RCB coach on Ishan Kishan’s calculated demolition job

Former RCB coach on Ishan Kishan’s calculated demolition job

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2 min readFeb 17, 2026 04:31 PM IST Ishan Kishan’s 77-run knock stood out as the definitive contribution for India in their thrashing of Pakistan in Colombo in an ICC T20 World Cup group game. While the innings seemed to be indicative of the swashbuckling, no-holds-barred batting of the left-hander, former India assistant coach Sanjay Bangar believes that there was a calculative element to Kishan’s batting. Bangar said that Kishan coming in at the top of the order, and having the freedom to take risks have factored heavily in his success over the last few T20I games. “To bat like Ishan Kishan, the way he did against Pakistan, I believe there have to be a couple of factors that have to be to your advantage. Number one, he is batting at the top of the order. He has the backing of the team to go out and play by taking a lot of risks, which, at the moment, are coming off,” said Banger on ‘Follow the Blues’. “Number two, he is the man in form, …

Glad that India vs Pakistan fixture is back on, team is trying to stay away from politics: Ryan Ten Doeschate | Cricket News

Glad that India vs Pakistan fixture is back on, team is trying to stay away from politics: Ryan Ten Doeschate | Cricket News

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3 min readFeb 10, 2026 06:34 PM IST The news that trickled out of Islamabad late on Monday, that the Pakistan government has given the go-ahead to their team to play their T20 World Cup group-stage fixture against India in Colombo on Sunday, was received well by the Indian team, assistant coach Ryan Ten Doeschate said. The Dutchman, speaking two days before their fixture against Namibia in New Delhi, insisted that the team had been mentally preparing for the fixture as if the game was always going to be played. “First of all, I think it’s great that the game is back on, we never changed (our) preparation (or thought) that the game wasn’t going to happen. We always had an impression that something would transpire and we would play, so it’s not a big change in the way we go about things,” he told media at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground on Tuesday. “We kind of got confirmation late yesterday. Early this morning, it started coming through that the game was going ahead. We’d …

‘Total failure of ICC’: Mohammad Hafeez on politics that played out before IND vs PAK was back on track | Cricket News

‘Total failure of ICC’: Mohammad Hafeez on politics that played out before IND vs PAK was back on track | Cricket News

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3 min readFeb 10, 2026 01:02 PM IST On a day when the India vs Pakistan game at the ongoing T20 World Cup was finally back on track, former Pakistan Mohammad Hafeez slammed the International Cricket Council (ICC) for letting the situation escalate to this stage that it needed to bargain with the Pakistan Cricket Board. The decision by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) came after weeks of refusing to play against India in Colombo at the T20 World Cup. It was a forfeit that could have cost the ICC about $174 million. In making peace, the ICC also announced that Bangladesh will host an ICC event prior to the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2031. Pakistan’s decision to boycott the game was taken by its government, after the Bangladesh team was ejected from the T20 World Cup for refusing to play in India due to “security concerns”. “What was the conclusion of the politics played with the sport over the last two or three weeks? First, we must look at the pain caused to …

T20 World Cup: Pakistan agreeing to play India saves ICC 4 million | Cricket News

T20 World Cup: Pakistan agreeing to play India saves ICC $174 million | Cricket News

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3 min readMumbaiUpdated: Feb 10, 2026 10:23 AM IST The Pakistan government going back on its decision of instructing its team to boycott the game against India on February 15 in Colombo prevented a $174 million revenue loss for the International Cricket Council (ICC), sources said. “The cumulative loss would have been around $174 million dollars, including those related to broadcasters, gate money and other sponsorships,” a source stated. India Pakistan Match News Live Updates Minutes after it was confirmed that India would play Pakistan on Sunday, prices for a Mumbai-Colombo-Mumbai round trip increased by Rs 10,000 to Rs 60,000. On Tuesday, the Government of Pakistan agreed to allow the Pakistan cricket team to take part in the upcoming T20 World Cup game to be played in Colombo, following requests from ‘friendly countries’. A series of back channel discussions took place where representatives of Sri Lanka Cricket, Bangladesh Cricket Board, Pakistan Cricket Board and ICC were present in order to find a middle path. Pakistan was firm that they will stand by Bangladesh Cricket Board …

SLC writes to PCB to consider playing India, cite financial loss and past support extended

SLC writes to PCB to consider playing India, cite financial loss and past support extended

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4 min readColomboFeb 6, 2026 08:32 PM IST Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will incur losses while the country’s tourism industry will suffer if Pakistan sticks to its stand of not playing India in Colombo next Sunday. These financial implications were highlighted in a letter to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Bandula Dissanayake, Sri Lanka Cricket secretary, told The Indian Express. Though the month-long tournament kick-starts at the Singhalese Sports Club here on Saturday with Pakistan taking on The Netherlands, it is the Pakistan government’s decision not to stop their team from playing against India that has emerged as the talking point in Sri Lanka. In the letter to the PCB, the SLC also reminded them about their national team’s previous tours to Pakistan, when most other international teams were reluctant to travel because of security-related issues. “We have informed them of the economical impact in case of a forfeiture,” Dissanayake said. “We have told them to consider what Sri Lanka stands to lose in case the match doesn’t go ahead. There are a lot of …

‘Match between India and Pakistan will happen, 100 percent’: Ashwin on boycott of India match in T20 World Cup | Cricket News

‘Match between India and Pakistan will happen, 100 percent’: Ashwin on boycott of India match in T20 World Cup | Cricket News

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3 min readFeb 4, 2026 01:15 PM IST With the Pakistan government taking the decision to not take the field against India in the group stage match of the T20 World Cup in Colombo on February 15 in support of Bangladesh pulling out of World Cup, recent days have seen the International Cricket Council (ICC) warning Pakistan Cricket Board to reconsider the decision. With PCB yet to inform the ICC officially about the decision, the situation remains unclear. Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin believes the match will happen with the stakes on the match being high and if Pakistan does not play the match against India, there will be implications, including players not coming to play in Pakistan’s domestic T20 league, the Pakistan Super League. “100 percent, the match between India and Pakistan will happen. I feel that it will happen. The next 3-4 days will see these decisions being overturned. And that’s my hunch and I hope I want to see the India-Pakistan encounter. Because there are a lot of business decisions in this. …