India make it 3 wins from as many matches at T20 World Cup, beating Pakistan for the 8th time in 9 games across all editions. After Abhishek Sharma departed for a duck, it was Ishan Kishan’s 77 off 40 balls that gave the Indian innings a flying start against Pakistan in Colombo.
India 175-7: after 20 overs (put in to bat): Ishan Kishan (77 off 40 balls), Suryakumar Yadav (32 off 29); Shivam Dube (27no off 17), Tilak Varma (25 off 24); Saim Ayub (3-25)
Pakistan 114 all out in 18 overs (target 176): Usman Khan (44 off 34 balls), Shaheen Shah Afridi (23no off 19); Hardik Pandya (2-16), Jasprit Bumrah (2-17), Varun Chakravarthy (2-17), Axar Patel (2-29)
India (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah
Pakistan (Playing XI): Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Agha(c), Babar Azam, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Usman Khan(w), Shaheen Afridi, Abrar Ahmed, Usman Tariq
