ENG vs PAK Live Cricket Score, England vs Pakistan T20 World Cup Super 8 Match Today
England (ENG) vs Pakistan (PAK) T20 World Cup Match Today Live Cricket Score Updates: Pakistan cricket team finds itself in a must-win game against England today at Kandy’s Pallekele International Cricket Stadium after their first game of the Super 8 stage against New Zealand was washed out in Colombo. Thankfully, the chances of rain today at Kandy are minimal, which will mean an uninterrupted game of cricket.
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England, meanwhile, came into this clash against Pakistan after a heady 51-run victory over the co-hosts Sri Lanka. That win was emblematic of the way England have performed at the T20 World Cup so far: they have been scratchy, there have been top order collapses, but eventually, the team has managed to secure victory.
ENG vs PAK T20 World Cup 2026 Squads
Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha(c), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan(w), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Salman Mirza, Usman Tariq, Shaheen Afridi, Abrar Ahmed, Naseem Shah, Khawaja Nafay.
England: Philip Salt, Jos Buttler(w), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Harry Brook(c), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Ben Duckett, Luke Wood, Josh Tongue, Rehan Ahmed
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Pakistan cricket players in action. (AP photo)
Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has told that all-rounder Shadab Khan should silence critics through his performances after the latter hit back at criticism by stating that it was only a team in which he played that managed to beat India in a World Cup match. Pakistan had come under fire from former players after their 61-run loss to India in the 2026 T20 World Cup. Shadab then made his comments after Pakistan beat Nambia by 102 runs in their next match and thus sealed qualification to the Super Eights.
Shadab and other senior members of the current Pakistan squad like Babar Azam and Shaheen Afridi played an important role in their victory over India in a group stage match of the 2021 T20 World Cup. It was the first, and thus far only, time that Pakistan had managed to beat India in any men’s World Cup match, T20 or ODI. “Shadab was absolutely right when he said that we didn’t beat India in the World Cups, but his side did. They got respect after that, but they couldn’t handle it. After they defeated India, they could not handle the issues between them. Shadab should also know that when he was not able to perform for the team, we stood up for him on national television, saying he is the backbone of the team,” said Shahid Afridi on Samaa TV. (READ MORE)
