ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026
Pakistan vs Netherlands, 1st Match, Group A
Pakistan need 50 runs in 50 balls
Pakistan (PAK)
147/10 (19.5 ov)
Netherlands (NED)
98/4 (11.4 ov)
T20
Completed
Completed
Match information
- Series
- ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026
- Match
- 1st Match, Group A · T20
- Start date and time
- Venue
- Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Toss
- Pakistan opt to bowl
- Umpires
- Kumar Dharmasena, Wayne Knights, Richard Illingworth
- Match referee
- Richie Richardson
Playing XI
Pakistan
- Saim Ayub · Batting Allrounder
- Sahibzada Farhan · WK-Batsman
- Salman Agha (c) · Batting Allrounder
- Babar Azam · Batsman
- Usman Khan (wk) · WK-Batsman
- Shadab Khan · Bowling Allrounder
- Mohammad Nawaz · Bowling Allrounder
- Faheem Ashraf · Bowling Allrounder
- Shaheen Afridi · Bowler
- Salman Mirza · Bowler
- Abrar Ahmed · Bowler
Netherlands
- Michael Levitt · Batting Allrounder
- Max ODowd · Batsman
- Bas de Leede · Batting Allrounder
- Colin Ackermann · Batting Allrounder
- Scott Edwards (c) (wk) · WK-Batsman
- Zach Lion Cachet · Batsman
- Logan van Beek · Bowler
- Roelof van der Merwe · Bowler
- Aryan Dutt · Bowler
- Kyle Klein · Bowler
- Paul van Meekeren · Bowler
Netherlands innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Levitt | c Shaheen Afridi b Mohammad Nawaz | 24 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 160 |
| Max ODowd | c Usman Khan b Salman Mirza | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 71.43 |
| Bas de Leede | c Babar Azam b Mohammad Nawaz | 30 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 120 |
| Colin Ackermann | b Abrar Ahmed | 20 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 142.86 |
| Scott Edwards | c Sahibzada Farhan b Abrar Ahmed | 37 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 127.59 |
| Zach Lion Cachet | c Mohammad Nawaz b Saim Ayub | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 112.5 |
| Logan van Beek | c Salman Agha b Saim Ayub | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aryan Dutt | c Sahibzada Farhan b Salman Mirza | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 162.5 |
| Roelof van der Merwe |
Pakistan innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sahibzada Farhan | c van der Merwe b Paul van Meekeren | 47 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 151.61 |
| Saim Ayub | c van der Merwe b Aryan Dutt | 24 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 184.62 |
| Salman Agha | c Michael Levitt b Aryan Dutt | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 150 |
| Babar Azam | c Kyle Klein b van der Merwe | 15 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 83.33 |
| Usman Khan | b Paul van Meekeren | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shadab Khan | c Edwards b Logan van Beek | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Mohammad Nawaz | c Edwards b Kyle Klein | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 46.15 |
| Faheem Ashraf | batting | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaheen Afridi | batting |