Brief Score: T20 World Cup, IND vs PAK: India (175\/7) beat Pakistan (114-all out in 18 ov) by 61 runs in a Group A match at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.<\/p>\n
IND vs PAK: Full Scorecard<\/a> | Highlights<\/a><\/p>\n Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson explained why the team held back Usman Tariq during their T20 World Cup Group A clash against India on Sunday, February 15, at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Tariq was expected to be Pakistan\u2019s trump card in the marquee encounter, but the mystery spinner was introduced only in the 11th over, by which time Ishan Kishan had already given India a flying start.<\/p>\n Despite the delayed entry, Tariq delivered a tidy spell. He dismissed Suryakumar Yadav and returned impressive figures of 4-0-24-1. But despite his efforts, Pakistan slumped to a 61-run defeat<\/a>. Hesson said Tariq is most effective when batters look to attack him. He added that the team had backed Abrar Ahmed and Shadab Khan to make an impact after the powerplay.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cUsman has a very specific role for us and is excellent when batters go after him. Could he have bowled after the powerplay? Yes. But Abrar Ahmed and Shadab Khan have done a very good job for us post-powerplay. They each had an over that didn\u2019t go their way in terms of length, but I\u2019d back them any day. It didn\u2019t work today. Usman Tariq, though, was exceptional tonight,\u201d Hesson said in the post-match press conference.<\/p>\n DID PAKISTAN MAKE A MISTAKE AT TOSS?<\/p>\n Before the match, all three games in the tournament at the Premadasa had been won by teams batting first, with chasing sides ending up on the losing side. Despite that trend, Salman Agha opted to bowl after winning the toss.<\/p>\n However, Hesson played down the importance of the toss, saying the outcome was determined more by execution on the field and Ishan Kishan\u2019s blistering 77 off 40 balls, which proved to be the decisive factor.<\/p>\n \u201cNo. The ball actually spun half as much in the second innings and skidded on. There was nothing wrong with the decision. It was about execution in the first six overs and the way Ishan played. The pitch didn\u2019t slow down; it spun less. It wasn\u2019t the toss \u2014 it was execution.<\/p>\n With the defeat \u2014 the heaviest in the history of T20Is between India and Pakistan \u2014 Pakistan slipped to third place in the table, with their net run rate dropping to -0.403. They now must win their final league match against Namibia on February 18 to qualify for the Super 8s. <\/p>\n T20 World Cup<\/a> | T20 World Cup Schedule<\/a> | T20 World Cup Points Table<\/a> | T20 World Cup Videos<\/a> | Cricket News<\/a> | Live Score<\/a><\/p>\n – Ends<\/p>\n Published By: <\/p>\n sabyasachi chowdhury<\/p>\n Published On: <\/p>\n Feb 15, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brief Score: T20 World Cup, IND vs PAK: India (175\/7) beat Pakistan (114-all out in 18 ov) by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428565,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,10229,38596,35080,157142,101,8051,56,54,55,150297],"class_list":{"0":"post-428564","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-ind-vs-pak","10":"tag-india-vs-pakistan","11":"tag-mike-hesson","12":"tag-mike-hesson-press-conference","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-t20-world-cup","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-unitedkingdom","18":"tag-usman-tariq"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428564","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=428564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}