Sunday's game will be the first time they have met since India won last year’s Asia Cup tournament in the United Arab Emirates, where players refused to shake hands.

Pakistan are chasing a 176-run target at the moment after India posted 175 runs courtesy of a brilliant knock from Ishan Kishan who scored 77 runs. Pakistan have lost nine wickets in the run-chase and India are on top.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — India and Pakistan players declined to shake hands before and after the highly-charged group game between the archrivals at cricket's Twenty20 World Cup. India won it by 61 runs on Sunday to secure its place in the next stage.

The cricket-mad South Asian neighbors have a bitter history, punctuated by violence and wars. It makes this one of the fiercest, and most financially lucrative, rivalries in sports.

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Mohsin Naqvi, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, was present in Colombo during the India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup match

Few rivalries in world sport match the intensity of India vs Pakistan, and their clash at the 2026 ICC Men's T20 Cricket World Cup promises another high-stakes chapter in one of cricket’s most fiercely contested showdowns.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s government says the national cricket team will be allowed to take part in the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup but must boycott its group game against arch rival India. India and Sri Lanka are co-hosts for the 20-team tournament,

Michael Clarke blamed Pakistan's 'boycott' circus in the T20 World Cup for the defeat against India on Sunday.