🇮🇳 🆚 Pakistan: T20 WC

At Premdasa Colombo:

India has qualified for super eight with three straight wins. 

Very spin friendly pitch. Pakistan played  with 6 spinners.

India continues to dominate Pakistan in ICC Tournaments: Win by 61 runs.

Ishan Kishan is the Player of the Match.

Pakistan Chase: Target  was 176.

18 ov : 114.

After 2 dropped catchesHardikbowledthe last man.

97/9 : Double strike by Varun on Hat Trick Reviewed: Wickets missed. 

89/7 : 14 Ov. 

Wow..Tilak Varma gets wicket on 1st ball: 78/7 : 12.1 Ov.

78/6 : 11.4 : Kuldeep gets one.

73/5 : 10.4 overs as , 

Axar gets Dangerous Usman stumped 44

10 Ov : 71/4 : Need 105 more.

Usman playing well , 43* off 31.

6 Ov : 38/4.

Babar Azam bowled Axar 5 : 34/4 : 4.5 Ov.

13/3 : 3 Overs. 

Boom Boom Bumrah gets 2 in his 1st over.

Hardik starts with Wicket- Maiden. 

India Batted first & sets the Target 176.

175/7 : 20 Ov .

Axar out 1st ball: Rinku Singh 11*(4).

Shivam Dube 27 (17), run out.

20th Ov: 1 run out + 16 runs + 1 caught. 

19th Ov: 5 runs & SKY wicket. 

SKY out on 32(29) by Tariq: 159/5.

14 off 18th, Just 4 off 17th, 9 off 16th 

Pakistan started with spinner and got Abhishek Sharma on 0 (4).

Saim excellent 3/25 off his 4 overs. 

127/4 : 15 Overs. 

Dube face hat trick ball missed edge -  DRS - no caught behind. 

126/4 : 14.3 : Hardik out 1st ball. 

126/3 : Tilak Varma 25(24). SKY 22*.

125/2 : 14 Ov.

107/2 : 12 Ov .

Ishan Kishan train - got out at 77 with India's total at 88!

🇮🇳 🆚 NAMIBIA: T20 WC

At New Delhi: 

Namibia to win :  Target was 210.

India won by 93 runs.

Hardik is Player of the Match. 

15 Ov : 105/6.

10 Ov : 88/4 : Need 122 more.

Varun Chakravarty 3/7 off 2 Overs.

6 Ov : 57/1.

Indian Batting : Namibia bowlers pull it back in end overs through wickets. 

20 Ov :  209/9 : Struck 14 Sixes.

Hardik  Pandya 52 off 28.

18 Ov : 199/4 .

15 Ov : 168/4.

144/4 : 14 Ov.

Hardik hits 6 , boundary after 18 balls.

124/4 : 11.5 Ov.

10 Ov : 120/2.

Ishan Kishan 61 of 24 (5*6s)  : 104/2 : 7.1 Ov. 

103/1 : 6.5 Ov : FASTEST 100 in T20WC.

In Power Play:

Sanju Samson 22 off 8.

🇮🇳 🆚 🇺🇸 T20 WC

5 Mumbaikrs played in this match : 3 from USA and 2 from India.

Suryakumar Yadav's heroics, followed by a strong bowling effort sees India win their #T20WorldCup opener 👏

USA : Target was 162.

Lowest total defended in T20I at Wankhede.

Indian bowlers defended it quite well :

Won by 29 runs.

Shubhm Ranjane played well 37 ( 22) .

20 Ov : 132/8. 

19 Ov : 121/7: Need 41

18 Ov : 111/7 : Need 51.

Arshdeep gets 7th: 110/7 : 17.4.

104/6 : 17 Ov : Need 58 off 18.

100/6 : 15.5 Ov.

Harmeet gone 1st ball. Axar 2 in 2.

Sanjay falls on 37 off 31 off Axar : 98/5 : 15.2.

15 Ov : 98/4 : Need 64 off 30 : 

14 Ov : 89/4 : Drinks.

Partnership 50+ Milind + Sanjay , broken by Varun 71/4 : 12 Ov.

10 Ov : 49/3 : Need 113 off 10 Ov.

6 Ov: 31/3 : Drinks.

5 Ov : 24/3.

Again Siraj: 13/3 : 3.2 Ov.

Siraj strikes 1st,  Then Arshdeep 11/2 : 2.1 Ov.

Team India Batted first at Wankhede :

From 77/6 to 161/9, #TeamIndia displayed unreal batting firepower 👏

Skipper SKY played an innings to remember at his home ground 💙

Were struggling from the start. 

USA excellent.

161/9 :  Target 162. SKY 84*(49) : 10×4,4×6.

20th Ov:  Suryakumar: 4 6 6 4 0 1 

19 Ov : 140/8 : 12 runs

128/7 : 18 Ov.

SKY 51* off 36.

122/7 : 17 Overs.

Axar gone on 14 : 118/7 : 16.4 Ov.

1st extra of the innings at 16.3 over.

21 runs hit in 16th Ov. 

102/6 : 15.2 Ov.

15 Ov : 94/6 : SKY 36*, Axar 2*.

14 Ov : 86/6.

Axar joins SKY 21* 

77/6 : Hardik 5 gone.

Hardik joins SKY. 

Rinku Singh 17 : 72/5 : 11.4 Overs. 

10 Ov : 63/4 .

SKY got life on 15 by Shubam Ranjane.

Suryakumar Yadav15*+ Rinku Singh 3*

No boundary for 26 balls. 

Power Play: 6 Ov : 46/4

Shivam Dube 0.

Tilak Varma 25

Ishan Kishan 20

Abhishek Sharma 0

Here’s how the teams line up in their campaign opener:

Under-19 World Cup Champions 🏆 🇮🇳

India, the 2026 men's Under-19 World Cup champions 🏆 🇮🇳

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will still be eligible to play the Under-19 World Cup in 2030 🤯

🇮🇳 x 6 

🇦🇺 x 4 

🇵🇰 x 2

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 x 1

🇿🇦 x 1 

🌴 x 1 

🇧🇩 x 1

A record sixth title for India 🏆