The countdown to the biggest match of the T20 World Cup 2026 has started, the match between Pakistan and India will be played in Colombo today. The match between the arch-rivals will start today at 6:30 pm Pakistan time with a chance of rain showers.
Team India has the batting weapon, then Pakistan’s Shaheen will attack with bowling. In Colombo today, bowling, batting and fielding will be a test of skill and a test of nerve and skill.
The Green Shirts had an adequate and perfect fielding, bowling and batting pitch with light rain.
The Indian team also trained and to face Pakistan’s secret spinner Usman Tariq, the bowlers played Usman Tariq-style bowlers, but due to rain, the Indian teams could not complete the practice.
Both teams have played their 2 matches in this competition so far and both have won, but the winner of today’s match will be in the first place in the group.
Will the teams shake hands or not? Same answer from both captains
In a press conference held in Colombo, Pakistan cricket team captain Salman Ali Agha said that the India-Pakistan match should be seen again only on the basis of sports and not in the context of political tension.
The Indian media was asked if the Indian players were to offer handshakes, would you shake hands? Instead of giving a direct yes or no answer to this question, Salman Axa gave a short answer that will be known tomorrow.
Indian Cricket team captain Surya Kumar Yadav said in a press conference about the players shaking hands after the Pakistan-India match that they are waiting for 24 hours to shake hands, see what happens tomorrow.
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In the T20 World Cup, the Indian team dominates Pakistan in terms of record, in the mega event of this format, 8 matches were played between the two teams, out of which 7 matches were won by India, only one was won by Pakistan.
This match will be broadcast live on Pakistan’s first sports channel, Geo Super, and the special coverage of the match will also continue on Geo News. Now it can be seen, whose success in this match has increased, or will the match be postponed due to rain?
Pakistan shows solidarity with Bangladesh, refusing to play India
It is to be noted that Bangladesh had requested a change of venues to participate in the T20 World Cup 2026 in India and had raised security concerns for their team, which was rejected by the ICC.
Bangladesh announced that they would withdraw from the event in protest, so instead of talking to Bangladesh, the ICC excluded Bangladesh from the event and included Scotland.
Later, Pakistan termed the Cricket Council’s move as a double standard and shocked the cricket world by announcing a boycott of the group match against India in solidarity with Bangladesh.
Later, the ICC made several attempts to convince Pakistan, but success in this regard was not achieved on February 9 in a more than 4-hour meeting between the Vice President of the ICC, the President of the Bangladesh Cricket Board and the President of the Pakistan Cricket Board and the PCB President decided to contact Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif once again.
The prime minister’s team was allowed to play against India
Meanwhile, the Sri Lankan President contacted Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and asked him to end the Pakistan team’s boycott against India and allow the team to play the match.
On the request of the President of Sri Lanka, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif allowed the national team to play a group match against India in the T20 World Cup 2026 and both teams will play their Group A match today as per their schedule.
