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The T20 World Cup 2026 has started with a bang. Pakistan cricket team has won against Netherlands cricket team by 3 wickets in its first match. In the match played in Colombo, Netherlands, batting first, gave Pakistan a target of 148 runs. At one time the Pakistan team was struggling in reply. However, they achieved the target by losing 7 wickets. Let’s look at the records made in the match.
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match account
Pakistan won the toss in the match and decided to bowl first. Captain Scott Edwards scored the highest score of 37 runs. Salman Mirza took 3 wickets for Pakistan. In reply, Sahibzada Farhan played the highest innings of 47 runs for Pakistan. Sam Ayub scored 24 runs. Pakistan’s middle order batsmen flopped badly. In the last over, Faheem Ashraf scored 29 runs in 11 balls and gave the team victory.
Pakistan bowlers performed well
Pakistan’s bowlers did not disappoint in the match. Salman took 3 wickets for 24 runs in 3.5 overs. Nawaz got 2 successes. Abrar Ahmed spent only 23 runs in 4 overs and showed the way to the pavilion to 2 batsmen. Sam took 2 wickets for 7 runs in 1 over. Shaheen Afridi proved to be a bit expensive. He achieved 1 success by giving 38 runs in 3 overs. His economy was 9.30.
Pakistan’s star batsmen disappointed
Pakistan’s score was at one time 98/3 and then became 100/5. From here the entire competition went towards the Netherlands. Shadab (8) and Mohammad Nawaz (6) also could not do anything special. Agha Salman was out after scoring 12 runs in 8 balls. At the same time, Babar Azam once again disappointed and returned to the pavilion after scoring 15 runs in 18 balls. Usman Khan could not even open his account. Sam also returned to the pavilion after playing a bad short.
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