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Pakistan won despite losing to Netherlands, major upset of T20 World Cup was avoided, 19th over was the turning point

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pakistan vs netherlands(Photo– AP) Colombo: Pakistan team has won the first match of T20 World Cup 2026. Pakistan won this match by 3 wickets. Pakistan team had almost lost this match, but the 19th over of the match changed everything. Pakistan needed 29 runs in the last two overs and their 7 wickets had also…

Ronit Sharma

By Ronit Sharma
Feb 07, 2026, 11:13 PM IST

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Pakistan won despite losing to Netherlands, major upset of T20 World Cup was avoided, 19th over was the turning point

pakistan vs netherlands(Photo– AP)
Colombo: Pakistan team has won the first match of T20 World Cup 2026. Pakistan won this match by 3 wickets. Pakistan team had almost lost this match, but the 19th over of the match changed everything. Pakistan needed 29 runs in the last two overs and their 7 wickets had also fallen, but the 19th over spoiled everything for Netherlands and Pakistan team won the match.

condition of first innings

After winning the toss, the Pakistani team came to bowl first and proved the decision of captain Salman Ali Aga right. The Netherlands team, which at one time had scored 100 runs till the 12th over, fell apart like a pack of cards in front of the Pakistani spinners. At one time in this match, it seemed that the Netherlands team would easily score more than 170 runs, but their entire team was limited to 147 runs in 19.5 overs.

Dutch innings collapse, 127/4 all out for 147 runs

Netherlands started the match aggressively. Michael Levitt (24) and captain Scott Edwards (37) batted solidly, but Abrar Ahmed and Mohammad Nawaz tightened the noose in the middle order. Netherlands was moving towards the score of 170+ at one time, but the last 6 wickets fell within just 20 runs. Abrar Ahmed broke the back of Netherlands by dismissing frozen batsmen like Colin Ackerman and Scott Edwards. Apart from this, Sam Ayub completely turned the match towards Pakistan by taking two wickets in a single over.