COLOMBO (Kashmir English): Pakistan has to win its final group match against Namibia (Pak vs Nam) to qualify for the Super Eights after losing to India in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026.
India has reached the Super Eights from Group A after defeating Pakistan by 61 runs. The defeat against India has dealt a huge blow to Pakistan’s net run rate.
After the defeat, Pakistan’s net run rate has fallen from 0.932 to minus 0.403 ,and Pakistan has fallen below the United States on the points table based on net run rate.
The United States has 4 points with 2 wins in 4 matches and a run rate of 0.788. Pakistan’s last group match is against Namibia, which will be played on February 18.
Pakistan has to win this match to advance to the Super Eight stage. If Namibia upsets them, Pakistan will be eliminated from the Super Eight race.
Pakistan Captain Salman Ali Agha’s Statement
After the defeat by India in the ICC T20 World Cup, Pakistan cricket team captain Salman Ali Agha said that the match was lost due to the fall of wickets in the power play; our batsmen could not play according to the situation.
Salman Ali Agha said that we went with 4 spinners, but they had an off day today, and we could not start well in batting. If 3-4 wickets fall in the power play, then it becomes difficult.
The Pakistani captain further said that it is important to deal with pressure in nerve-wracking matches against traditional rivals like India.
However, he stressed that the team now has to focus on the important group match against Namibia on Wednesday to qualify for the Super 8 stage of the T20 World Cup.
He said that emotions are always high in such matches, and we just have to handle this pressure. We have played enough such matches. Our next match is in a few days, so we have to look towards that. We have to win that and qualify, after which the new tournament will start.
Head Coach Mike Hesson’s Statement
Pakistan’s white-ball team head coach Mike Hesson said that India has outclassed us in every aspect of the game.
In the press conference after the match, the white-ball team head coach Mike Hesson said that the ball slipped more in the second innings than in the first innings, Ishan Kishan played a good innings, and took the match from us.
White-ball team head coach Mike Hesson said that to go ahead in the tournament, we have to play better cricket.
He added that our early wickets fell early, and partnerships were not established, which cost us the match.
