Babar Azam flopped again as India inflicted a humiliating 61-run defeat on Pakistan in Sunday’s T20 World Cup 2026 game.
Babar was expected to play a crucial role for the Green Shirts, but the experienced batsman produced a disappointing display, scoring just five runs.
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl first at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
India were rattled early on as Salman Ali Agha removed the highly-rated Abhishek Sharma for a duck.
Ishan Kishan gave no respite to the Pakistani bowlers, as he smashed boundaries and sixes all over the ground.
It took him just 27 deliveries to complete his half-century, and he went on to score 77 before being dismissed by Saim Ayub.
Saim took two more wickets, but Suryakumar Yadav stood firm at the other end, hitting 32 with the help of three boundaries.
Shivam Dube chipped in with a blistering 27 off 17, as India posted an impressive 175 runs on the board.
Pakistan made a disastrous start to their innings, losing three wickets in the opening two overs.
Sahibzada Farhan mistimed his pull and was caught by Hardik Pandya.
Jasprit Bumrah wreaked more havoc with the ball, removing Saim and skipper Salman Agha in the same over.
Babar Azam was expected to stabilise the innings, but he was bowled out by Axar Patel on five, leaving Pakistan reeling at 34-4.
Usman Khan sparked hopes of a comeback by smashing six boundaries and a sixer.
But under pressure to accelerate, the wicket-keeper batsman missed out on his fifty as he got stumped out by Kishan.
Kuldeep Yadav then sent Mohammad Nawaz back to the pavilion before Shadab Khan fell prey to Tilak Varma.
Usman Tariq was the last batsman to be dismissed by Pandya, as India registered a dominating victory over Pakistan.
