PAK vs NED: Pakistan keep away from humiliation; narrowly beat Netherlands within the T20 World Cup 2026 opener

February 7, 2026

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Pakistan beat Netherlands by 3 wickets in PAK vs NED conflict in T20 World Cup 2026.

Pakistan began their marketing campaign within the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 on a excessive notice though there have been some hiccups. They defeated the Netherlands by three wickets within the match opener on the Sinhalese Sports activities Membership, Colombo on Saturday. Requested to bat, the Netherlands received all out for 147, which Pakistan chased with three balls to spare.

Michael Levitt (24) took the Netherlands off to a flying begin as he launched an assault on Shaheen Afridi. However Pakistan made a rapid comeback, eradicating him and Max ODwod inside a span of 4 runs. Colin Ackermann (20) had a begin however failed because the Netherlands misplaced three wickets for 65.

After that, Bas de Leede (30) and Scott Edwards (37) tried to regular the ship and performed important palms, including 40 runs for the fourth wicket.

However, the Dutch facet didn’t get the end they’d have needed as they received all out for simply 147 and couldn’t bat the complete 20 overs. For Pakistan, Salman Mirza picked up three wickets.

PAK vs NED: Faheem Ashraf saves Pakistan from humiliation as they defeat Netherlands by 3 wickets

Pakistan had an excellent begin to their chase with Saim Ayub (24) taking over bowlers proper from the beginning. Captain Salman Agha and Babar Azam couldn’t make a huge impact, nevertheless it was Sahibzada Farhan (47), who stored his group within the hunt together with his brisk innings.

What adopted after that was brilliance by the Netherlands and poor cricket by Pakistan. From 98 for 2, the Males in Inexperienced had been diminished to 114 for seven very quickly.

With the group below huge strain and shedding their approach, it was Faheem Ashraf (25*) who within the nineteenth over introduced his greatest and tilted the sport in his group’s favour. Due to his heroics, Pakistan received the sport with three wickets in hand.