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IND vs PAK: Ishan Kishan breaks Yuvraj Singh’s record to shock Pakistan in Colombo | Cricket News – The Tech Word News

February 16, 2026
India lost Abhishek Sharma for his second duck in as many T20 World Cup innings, but Ishan Kishan ensured the innings stayed on course with one of the fastest half-centuries in an India-Pakistan T20I.Kishan scored the third fastest fifty in India-Pakistan T20 Internationals.Fastest 50s in Ind-Pak T20Is (by balls)

  • 23 – Mohd Hafeez, Ahmedabad, 2012
  • 24 – Abhishek Sharma, Dubai, 2025
  • 27 – Ishan Kishan, Colombo (RPS), 2026*
  • 29 – Yuvraj Singh, Ahmedabad, 2012

Kishan reached his fifty in 27 balls, getting there just short of Abrar Ahmed’s second delivery in the seventh over.

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India were 52-1 at the end of the over after losing Abhishek in the T20 World Cup match early on Sunday. Abhishek, who missed the previous match against Namibia due to a stomach problem, was run out on the last ball of the first over. He was caught at mid-on by Shaheen Shah Afridi off the bowling of Salman Ali Agha.Kishan kept the scoring going and made 77 off 40 balls before being dismissed. His innings was significant given the nature of the pitch. Pakistan played five overs in the power play, with only the 13th case from the fifth over being used in the World Cup power play.Earlier, India captain Suryakumar Yadav did not shake hands with his Pakistan counterpart Salman Ali Agh at the toss, continuing the approach followed since last year’s Asia Cup in Dubai.

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