T20 World Cup 2026 Points Table: Pakistan overtakes India, becomes number 1 by defeating America

Sanjeev Kumar

khelja|11-02-2026

Big win for Pakistan, on top of the points table (Photo-PTI)

T20 World Cup 2026 Points Table Updated: In the 12th match of T20 World Cup, Pakistan defeated USA in a one-sided manner. Pakistan won by 32 runs. Batting first, Pakistan scored 190 runs in 20 overs, in reply the American team could score only 158 runs. With this victory, Pakistan made a tremendous leap in the points table. Pakistani team has directly moved from third place to first place in Group A. Pakistan has placed India at second position. However, Team India has played only one match so far, in which it defeated America.

T20 World Cup: Status of Group A points table

Talking about the points table of Group A, Pakistan has won two matches in two matches. He has 4 points and net runrate is +0.932. Whereas the Indian team is at second position with one win in one match. His net runrate is +1.450. Now the topper of Group A will be decided by the clash between India and Pakistan. The clash between these two teams is to take place on 15th February.

This is how Pakistan won the second match

Pakistan's opener Sam Ayub failed against USA, he scored only 19 runs in 17 balls. Sahibzada Farhan batted brilliantly and scored 73 runs in 41 balls. Captain Salman Aga failed but Babar Azam contributed 46 runs in 32 balls. In the middle overs, Shadab Khan played a quick inning of 30 runs in 12 balls, on the basis of which Pakistan reached 190 runs.

After the batsmen of Pakistan, the bowlers also troubled the American team. Shaheen Afridi took one wicket but gave away 42 runs. Although the spinners performed well. Mystery spinner Usman Tariq took 3 wickets for 27 runs. Shadab Khan got 2 successes. Nawaz and Abrar got 1-1 wicket. Sahibzada Farhan, who scored the highest score of 73 runs, received the Player of the Match award.

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