
Colombo: The 27th match of the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 between arch-rivals Pakistan and India was played at the R Premadasa Stadium here on Sunday.
Historically, the two teams have faced each other 16 times in the shortest span, with India holding the head-to-head record with 13 wins, while Pakistan has won three times.
Playing XIs
Pakistan: Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Agha(c), Babar Azam, Mohammad Nawaz, Shatab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Usman Khan(w), Shaheen Afridi, Abrar Ahmed and Usman Tariq.
India: Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w), Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty and Jasprit Bumrah.