{"id":428089,"date":"2026-02-16T04:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T04:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/428089\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T04:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T04:01:08","slug":"pakistan-struggles-in-powerplay-top-order-collapses-vs-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/428089\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Struggles in Powerplay: Top-Order Collapses vs India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a high-stakes encounter at the R. Premadasa Stadium, Babar Azam failed to deliver when it mattered most, leaving Pakistan\u2019s chase in tatters during their ICC Men\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tapmad.com\/sports\/icc-men-s-t20-world-cup-2026\/267\/1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">T20 World Cup 2026<\/a> group-stage clash against India.<\/p>\n<p>Chasing a formidable target of 176, Babar arrived at the crease under immense pressure after an early top-order collapse. However, Babar\u2019s struggles against spin were exposed once again; he managed a meager 5 runs off 7 balls before being cleaned up by Axar Patel in the fifth over.<\/p>\n<p>His dismissal triggered a disastrous slide, leaving Pakistan reeling at 34\/4. Earlier, India posted 175\/7 fueled by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tapmad.com\/blog\/ishans-77-give-india-a-dominant-start-against-pakistan-in-1st-10-overs\/3656-5-0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ishan Kishan\u2019s<\/a> explosive 77.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While Saim Ayub\u2019s 3\/25 kept Pakistan in the hunt initially, the lack of composure from their talismanic leader has left the middle order with a mountain to climb against a relentless Indian bowling attack.<\/p>\n<p>Right Now, Pakistan is on 38 \/4 after 6 overs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a high-stakes encounter at the R. Premadasa Stadium, Babar Azam failed to deliver when it mattered most,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-428089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}