Pakistan turned the easy chase against the Netherlands during the T20 World Cup 2026 at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo with regular wickets as the pressure nearly got the better of the opposition. The Asian side lost five wickets for only 16 runs in five overs as Faheem Ashraf found himself in the middle with Shaheen Afridi. 

Logan van Beek came to the bowl in the penultimate over of the innings as the first ball of the over was smashed with full over the wide mid-wicket region by Faheem Ashraf, who was dropped on the very next delivery. The southpaw swung the willow and got the ball low off the bat, where Max O’Dowd made a mess of the catch.

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The third ball was nailed by the all-rounder over the mid-off region as the ball sailed over the ropes for a maximum. Two balls later, it was another massive six, the third over the over, as the batter stood tall and launched it high and deep into the stands at mid-wicket for a massive 89-meter six.

Faheem Ashraf smashes 24 runs in PAK vs NED T20 WC 2026 

The last delivery of the over was punched across the field, behind the wicket-keeper for a boundary as Pakistan nearly finished the chase with 22 runs off the over. The winning boundary also came from Ashraf, who thumped the ball wide of cover for a winning boundary and remained unbeaten on 29 runs in just 11 balls with two fours and three sixes.

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Earlier in the game, the Netherlands posted a decent score of 147 in 19.5 overs as their captain, Scott Edwards, thumped 37 runs in 29 balls at a strike rate of 127.59, with the help of three boundaries and one six. Bas de Leede got 30 runs in 25 balls.

With the ball, Salman Mirza ended as the peak of the bowling unit with three wickets for 24 runs in 3.5 overs, while all of Mohammad Nawaz, Saim Ayub, and Abrar Ahmed picked up two wickets each.

Brief Scores: Pakistan 148/7 (Sahibzada Farhan 47, Paul van Meekeren 2/20) beat Netherlands 147 (Scott Edwards 37, Salman Mirza 3/24, Saim Ayub 2/7) by 3-wickets.