Pakistan’s Babar Azam is bowled out by England’s Jamie Overton. — Reuters
Pakistan struggled to stabilise their innings as England bowlers dismissed Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, and Babar Azam throughout the high-stakes Tremendous Eight conflict of the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2026 at Pallekele Worldwide Cricket Stadium, Kandy, on Tuesday.
Earlier, Pakistan selected to bat first after profitable the toss of their second Tremendous Eight conflict.
Taking part in XI
Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha (capt), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Salman Mirza, and Usman Tariq
England: Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Harry Brook (capt), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, and Adil Rashid
Head-to-head
Traditionally, England and Pakistan have confronted one another 31 occasions in T20 cricket. The Three Lions have gained 21 encounters, whereas the Males in Inexperienced have emerged victorious on 9 events. One match ended with out a end result.
In T20 World Cup historical past, the perimeters have met 3 times, with England profitable all three video games and Pakistan but to register a victory.
Matches: 31England: 21Pakistan: 9No Outcome: 1Form Information
Pakistan and England enter the fixture with equally respectable momentum of their favour as each groups have only one defeat of their final 5 T20Is.
In Tremendous Eights, nevertheless, the 2009 champions had their opening match in opposition to New Zealand washed out resulting from persistent rain in Colombo, whereas the two-time winners edged previous co-hosts Sri Lanka to make a triumphant begin to the stage.
England: W, W, W, L, W (most up-to-date first)
Pakistan: NR, W, L, W, W
