Pakistan (212/8) crash out of T20 World Cup 2026 after a narrow 5-run consolation win against Sri Lanka (207/6) in their last Super Eight clash

[Obaidd]

Agha refusing to come at his number was the turning point. Nafay had to come at 3 out of nowhere while Agha continued to HIDE.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Everything belongs to the umpire in that logic..

It does. Even in DRS call belongs to umpire. In Cricket Umpire decisions have to be respected otherwise this will become gully cricket

 

[Asif321]

Afridi showing again he loses his mind in pressure . Mistake to make him odi captain . He is good for qalandars only that’s his level

 

[BreadPakoda]

If the umpire didn’t call that a wide in our gully cricket, we’d have beaten him up.

 

[leonidas_alexandar]

Honestly the Man of the Match should have been Shanaka....

 

[globetrotter]

That was definitely a wide

Umpire finally thought that let's give Pakistan something to cheer after seeing their 20 overs pathetic performance

 

[ads101]

A win never felt so bad, it worse than a defeat ,but atleast it's have absolutely shown all the frauds in most brutal way , but still in our system of non accountability nothing major will change , rinse and repeat.

Yeah I’m embarrassed. Pretty sure the last ball is a wide, so dunno if we even would have won… Can not believe this fielding and bowling performance am fuming. Fakhar, Abrar and Farhan all played out of their skins yet the rest were as pathetic as you can get.

 

[Champ_Pal]

That was some brutal hitting by Shanaka.

Shaheen barely escapes the humiliation. Could have easily been a wide.

 

[saabir]

Srilanka and pakistan are two evenly matched sides

 

[Devadwal]

Wow turned on see atrocious umpiring.

they need to give a review for wide balls also. Imagine if it's a must-win game or final, then it can ruin everything. Unreal and weird sport.

IPL se hi sikh le lo .

 

[JaDed]

It does. Even in DRS call belongs to umpire. In Cricket Umpire decisions have to be respected otherwise this will become gully cricket

Players respected the decision.. we are talking as observers it was wide.

 

[Kroll]

Whattay player this shanaka is

 

[RidiculousMan]

Agha refusing to come at his number was the turning point. Nafay had to come at 3 out of nowhere while Agha continued to HIDE.

I don't blame the bating too much. This was a good pitch to bat on once set but not easy straight away.

Needed Shaheen early wickets today to have a chance.

 

[jnaveen1980]

3 specialists showed up. Abrar, Farhan, Fakhar. - Fake all rounders, semi fake all rounders all went missing.

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Shaheen goes Missing in imp moments

Even against Eng , He got two upfront not because of great balls. Phil Salt hacked at harmless ball and so did Butler.
When it Mattered , He gave away 15 plus to brooks at back end and Eng won by Scruff of the neck

Today when we needed him to take wickets he went for 15 in second over giving start to Lanka

Pathetic excuse for so called premium. Straight out ashok Dinda academy

 

[leonidas_alexandar]

Man, that wide - imagine if that wide was not given if an Indian batsman was batting - it would have led to the biggest diplomatic row between India and Pakistan and the umpire would have been in hiding for the rest of his life....

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Farhan idolizing his ustaad Ahmad Shehzad all praise for Shehzad

 

[globetrotter]

Honestly the Man of the Match should have been Shanaka....

Many of the match should be given to umpires

 

[Savak]

The Pakistani bowling attack is extremely over rated. All you need to do is to ruthlessly attack this bunch as India showed in the Asia Cup game in 2023 and they will wilt under pressure. These mentally weak bowlers are only effective with massive runs on the board and when the opposition batters allow them to bowl and settle. The bowlers lack the mental strength to bowl and comeback with a wicket taking mindset when being targeted.

 

[Omer2002]

Tariq and Afridi

Guys let be fair..dew was a big factor...and if fakhar can score pitch must be v v flat

 

[RidiculousMan]

Shaheen goes Missing in imp moments

Even against Eng , He got two upfront not because of great balls. Phil Salt hacked at harmless ball and so did Butler.
When it Mattered , He gave away 15 plus to brooks at back end and Eng won by Scruff of the neck

Today when we needed him to take wickets he went for 15 in second over giving start to Lanka

Pathetic excuse for so called premium. Straight out ashok Dinda academy

Shaheen has problem in death bowling and with new ball he struggled now more because his body is not aligned properly and hence loses ball shape and pace.

 

[IMMY69]

Terrible over .. they almost lost this.

I wish they had...
They knew they were out so maybe that affected the intensity but that shouldn't be an excuse...

Bowlers need to bowl with full effort whilst a game still is there to be won...

 

[Hyder]

Agha refusing to come at his number was the turning point. Nafay had to come at 3 out of nowhere while Agha continued to HIDE.

Farhan messed up too. 60 ball 100 looks good on scorecard tho

 

[Obaidd]

I don't blame the bating too much. This was a good pitch to bat on once set but not easy straight away.

Needed Shaheen early wickets today to have a chance.

In hindsight, even if we had those extra 20-25 runs it wouldn’t have mattered thanks to our lollipop bowling

 

[Energy]

That's how captain's play. Sky Brook Shanaka Santner.

And then there's tooth fairy Agha. He will lead from his backside.

 

[BreadPakoda]

Man, that wide - imagine if that wide was not given if an Indian batsman was batting - it would have led to the biggest diplomatic row between India and Pakistan and the umpire would have been in hiding for the rest of his life....

Yep, with Naz calling for an urgent press conference

 

[jnaveen1980]

Hesson has to revisit his obsession with "fake batting length". These are relatively easy wickets for pakistan to bat. Imagine this unit on a bouncy wicket or a fast paced wicket

 

[ads101]

This is how bad Pakistan is in reality

We were so worried about the batting and they actually came through. Feels like a cruel joke. One of the worst bowling performances by pak I’ve seen.

 

[Banda298]

Looks like victory for lanka and moral victory for pak.

Morals for pak ? Mismatch

It's a laanat win given at umpires mercy

 

[Blackbradman]

Clear wide

 

[Snatch]

Gutted for Sri Lanka, so close yet so far. Almost pulled it out of the fire for the home crowd.

Well done to Pakistan & their fans, Shaheen kept his cool when it mattered.

 

[sweep_shot]

That was definitely a wide

It was 50-50. Right at the line I guess.

 

[srh8119]

These are all bag****** but what about this mulla saqi, what an absolute embarrassment of a person promoting his damad like this.
Our country is full of mullas like him, with no character whatsoever but huge ego and holier than thou personalities, with no honour in any actual thing that matters

 

[Obaidd]

Farhan messed up too. 60 ball 100 looks good on scorecard tho

That single and the celebration were both uncalled for but I think he did his bit. Non-openers needed to show up too, nobody did

 

[BreadPakoda]

Clear wide

Yep. Not marginal.

 

[Cric1234]

Hairdryer treatment needed for Hesson and Agha for refusing to drop Babar until its too late...... Before all 3 are sacked from the T20 team.

 

[Snatch]

Srilanka and pakistan are two evenly matched sides

Very even sides at the moment.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Ridiculous really from people here who are bashing Pakistan for this game.

What were you expecting? Pakistan to score 250+ and blow Sri Lanka on a flattie?

Pakistan still won the game. I bet you were waiting for them to lose just so you can add your unwarranted criticism as well.

 

[psyoptica]

Yaayy we won

 

[BreadPakoda]

Umpire saved Shaheen’s career. Gutted for Lankans but I wouldn’t mind that in the long run.

 

[RidiculousMan]

In hindsight, even if we had those extra 20-25 runs it wouldn’t have mattered thanks to our lollipop bowling

But in all honesty pitch was really good.

Sri Lanka that fall flat against New Zealand and England played on turning tracks.

 

[Hyder]

That single and the celebration were both uncalled for but I think he did his bit. Non-openers needed to show up too, nobody did

First he took single in 18th over on a nothing delivery. Then ran out shadab who looked okayish(way better than our other hitters).
Then shanaka is bowling 19th over and you go to non striker end and celebrate.
That was not good tbh

 

[Banda298]

WC is now all set up for India to lift it again at home infront of BJP

Sab maya hai :modi

Looks difficult unless fixing happens . SA humiliated the team at their own homeground ...also Eng WI seem very tough too ...WI may beat India well tomorrow , atleast will make it v tough for host nation

 

[batandballbattle]

we were thinking of defending 147 and these clowns almost didn't defend 212
so many passengers need to be thrown out

 

[corleone]

Even if we scored 250 we still wouldn't have qualified.

Our middle order is dreadful. There were comments in this thread about new batsmen rotating the strike so Farhan and Fakhar can take over. That's fair if we're talking about tailenders but we're talking about batsmen at #3 down to #8. They should be giving the openers a breather and taking over the striking if anything.

Really embarrassing performance. Pakistan need to focus on specialists moving forward as we've always produced mediocre all-rounders barring a few.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Yaayy we won

Alhamdulillah.

Better than disastrous 2024 WT campaign

 

[JaDed]

It was 50-50. Right at the line I guess.

The one before that was 50-50 this didn’t seem 50-50, 90-10 at best

 

[Rana]

@Rana

abhi roza Khulne de

 

[psyoptica]

This was a 250 pitch

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Shaheen has problem in death bowling and with new ball he struggled now more because his body is not aligned properly and hence loses ball shape and pace.

Shaheen gave away 2021 Semi with 3 sixes
Retired hurt in 2022 Final at critical point

If Babar is Ghntay ka King , Shaheen is exact opposite Ghantay ka premium

 

[Cricfan8920]

After the openers, the rest of the Pak team scored 22 in 18 balls.

 

[JaDed]

they need to give a review for wide balls also. Imagine if it's a must-win game or final, then it can ruin everything. Unreal and weird sport.

IPL se hi sikh le lo .

They gave one when Shaheen was batting for a no ball.. but in this case Umpire decision stays.. and it would had stayed in DRS too

 

[Smbhayi]

Just about legal I guess.

Lots of Indians watching too

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Clear wide

Not wide, it pitched on the tramline..

 

[charlie007]

It does. Even in DRS call belongs to umpire. In Cricket Umpire decisions have to be respected otherwise this will become gully cricket

Remember these words and respect your own words in future. You’ll be the first to call bias tomorrow

 

[shah9425]

Pakistan was going in the 2nd innings with 147 defending in mind. They would've planned differently in a normal game and would've won vs Sri Lanka.

This was not a normal game and Pakistan had to put their A cards up front and the last death overs were basically upto InShaAllah.

Nevermind still cause Pakistan still won.

Of course scrutiny will be done and actions have to be taken against dead weights in the team

Now if they had even made 230 to 240

They won't have qualified

Such a pathetic team

 

[saabir]

Haha .. they r still fighting ...very much capable of chasing it

Still not good enough to chase it ..final result matters. They are not used to chasing such totals

 

[Banda298]

Saved by the umps - otherwise Hesson & co would've been brutalized if they lost this one

They will be still whipped anyways

 

[pillionrider]

Tariq is overrated time is up for Nawaz, Shadab, Babar, Shaheen and Salman Agha and Usman Khan.

Any mystery bowler has to inevitably go through the phase where teams work them out. He needs to be given a longer run. The pause isn't all he has. Should be given some leeway unless he gets consistently pummeled.

 

[DRsohail]

Usman performed? When was that

Usman tariq

 

[Devadwal]

abhi roza Khulne de

Aja wait kar rha hu Tera hi ....

 

[Usman Chadda]

Even before that we bowled and fielded rubbish. Sri Lanka were there for the taking today.

We were never stopping them at 147 on this pitch with dew coming into the equation, come on. We have watched enough cricket to understand that.

Tariq was clearly struggling with the wet ball, otherwise I don’t see him going for 10 rpo against these loser Lankan batters.

 

[sachin-10dulkar]

From 175-0 in 15.4 overs to 212-8 in 20 overs. Pak lost the match in the first innings. Any team from the super 8 would have easily crossed 240 here from that position.

 

[batandballbattle]

After the openers, the rest of the team scored 22 in 18 balls.

farhan scores a mountain of runs only to bow out at the super eights
fakhar yet again gives everything for our quali chances yet gets shafted by all the other jokers, this was easily set up for 250 odd

 

[RidiculousMan]

Out of all the games. I am happy with today's game cause boys showed intent. They wanted it. Pakistan just needed better players selected in this WT20 then dead weights and right player selection for the right game.

World will remember the Tsunami of Fakhar and Farhan that resulted in Pakistan's win today and nearly helped team pull off a miracle.

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Sri Lanka Scored 60 in last 4 and we scored 35 thanks to All rounders we got

 

[shah9425]

Afridi showing again he loses his mind in pressure . Mistake to make him odi captain . He is good for qalandars only that’s his level

If I are serious about odi format

He should be removed asap from captaincy

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

Both teams qualify for some form of travel, be it by bus or aeroplane

 

[Smbhayi]

Farhan messed up too. 60 ball 100 looks good on scorecard tho

He didn't slow down but he hit few many hit-me balls straight to fielders hand..

 

[leonidas_alexandar]

Class act by Shanaka - he said "Well bowled Shaheen" because he could not connect with those last 2 balls....

 

[jnaveen1980]

Usman Tariq was not given an opportunity for his salute lol

 

[JaDed]

So annoying to hear Mathews lol

 

[RidiculousMan]

Remember these words and respect your own words in future. You’ll be the first to call bias tomorrow

You can choose to say whatever you want or think. But that was a close call and close calls belong fo umpires.

That was not a howler of a decision that some people are making out of it.

 

[hur rizvi]

Fakhar is the only clutch guy in the 15 man squad. Lion is old but lion nonetheless

Lion of Pakistan was benched for 90% of the tournament

 

[Hikaru]

Mubarka to NZ.

 

[shah9425]

Alhamdulillah.

Better than disastrous 2024 WT campaign

Winning against minnows and this campaign is better

 

[jnaveen1980]

Any mystery bowler has to inevitably go through the phase where teams work them out. He needs to be given a longer run. The pause isn't all he has. Should be given some leeway unless he gets consistently pummeled.

Pitches made him look better. This pitch where ball was sliding on they took him down. His change of pace did not work THey could still connect him both off the front foot and backfoot

 

[Banda298]

Still not good enough to chase it ..final result matters. They are not used to chasing such totals

Sometimes results don't matter...the effort matters .. one team was propelled by just two players at the top with the rest 9 hell bent on gifting the match to other team both in batting bowling and fielding .

While the team that lost , had not 1 or 2 .it jad 4 or more players stepping up to chase a total they don't usually concede or get to chase. And almost chased it barring a controversial umpiring gift

Hope it's clear now who's the real winner .

 

[RidiculousMan]

Winning against minnows and this campaign is better

100% do you not remember the horrors against USA? Did you wanted that to happen again?

 

[shah9425]

Mubarka to NZ.

They were probably sleeping

Knew they bunch of losers will make sure to get them to semis

 

[batandballbattle]

Alhamdulillah.

Better than disastrous 2024 WT campaign

to be honest, the bar to clear was 10 feet deep underground