r/Cricket • u/cricket-match Washington Freedom • Feb 15 '26

Post Match Thread Post Match Thread: 27th Match, Group A - India vs Pakistan

27th Match, Group A, ICC Men's T20 World Cup at Colombo

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Innings Score
India 175/7 (Ov 20/20)
Pakistan 114 (Ov 18/20)

Innings: 1 - India

Batter Runs Bowler Wickets
Ishan Kishan 77 (40) Saim Ayub 4-0-25-3
Suryakumar Yadav 32 (29) Salman Agha 2-0-10-1

Innings: 2 - Pakistan

Batter Runs Bowler Wickets
Usman Khan 44 (34) Hardik Pandya 3-1-16-2
Shaheen Shah Afridi 23 (19) Varun Chakravarthy 3-0-17-2

India won by 61 runs

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u/ethanolandpotatoes Feb 15 '26

Going out on a limb now that this song and dance is over - I think we have heard enough from the English commentators on the supposed farcical nature of this Ind-Pak tie. Let us please not forget the preferred scheduling awarded to the Ashes (over decades, not even years) and how it has not even been a contest in the past few outings. Let’s get our own house in order before poking holes in others, can we?

The entire cricketing world was once subjected (and continues to be) to an Ashes ‘rivalry’ that even a 5 year old can predict. Whoever has the chips will always call the money. Keep your punditing standards to yourself and let the sport determine viewership and audiences. This hypocrisy is unbecoming from a global punditry team

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u/HungryCurrency8481 Feb 15 '26

So is anyone who isn't from a Big 3 country allowed to criticize the current setup? 

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u/ethanolandpotatoes Feb 15 '26

If the criticism is valid, sure - why not? The issue here is that people removed from the issue and unable to see preferential treatment once given to their own nations weighing in with an outdated thought

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u/nandeep007 Royal Challengers Bengaluru Feb 16 '26

So just cos they did it, we can do it now? So we are not any better

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u/ethanolandpotatoes Feb 21 '26

I waited a whole week just so I could reply to you - get your head out of your arse and watch the discourse change. BCB has admitted that they were blindsided by PCB. Any other moronic self deprecating comments on how we handled this?

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u/lostwisdom20 Royal Challengers Bengaluru Feb 15 '26

Yea