Meme Fest Ensues As India Outclass Pakistan To Reach Super Eight

Kishan’s knock on a slow, spin-friendly surface gave India a total that many believed to be 30 runs above par. Although Pakistan bowled 18 overs of spin to restrict India after winning the toss, Kishan rose above the conditions and provided India with their biggest win in a T20I against Pakistan, as Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah took three wickets in the first two overs to cap off the performance.

Kishan contributed substantially to India’s score of 175 runs (with 81 coming from all of India’s other batsmen, including extras) off 80 balls (close to the average for the pitch), more than the average score of 175 runs for the match. There was also a significant influence over Pakistan’s total score by Usman Khan, with his match-high 44 runs off 34 balls and a substantially below-average score of 4.59 runs per over for Pakistan’s match total.

Bowling offspin as a strategy in a match involving two left-hand openers on a slow pitch makes perfect sense. However, the selection of the bowler to deliver this offspin was an unexpected one; Agha was selected to deliver the first over instead of Saim Ayub. The new ball was turning, and there was also a lack of pace; thus, after the first five deliveries, only one run had been scored, and Abhishek had recorded his second score of duck during the T20 World Cup.

Although this was only the second month of the calendar year and the result had no bearing on either team advancing through to the tournament, Kishan has now established himself as a legitimate candidate for the innings of the year, largely because he performed better than what could be defined as normal averages by any player batting on this surface. Shaheen Shah Afridi bowled into the surface correctly; he understood what a new ball should produce. Kishan, at his short stature with rapid wrists, used the bounce from the first ball delivered to him by Agha to hit a dismissive six over forward square leg. Later, while facing Agha, he hit another six off Agha over mid-on despite the ball spinning back into the batsmen.

Abrar Ahmed has been used as Pakistan’s number-one spinner for ages because of his ability to bowl both carom balls and off-breaks. Usman Tariq has gotten most of the attention, but Abrar has long been considered the better spinner for Pakistan.

Kishan did not let Abrar settle on his first ball, hitting him for a six off the top. Kishan owned the powerplay by taking India to 52-1 and making it critical for them to succeed before they allowed fielders to spread, even though the first over ended with 1-1. Once the fielders began to spread out, Kishan picked up a single off the first ball of the new over from Abrar, then smashed a ball from Abrar over his head, and then drove another ball from Abrar to extra cover for a boundary, which brought him to fifty in just 27 balls, all before the completion of the powerplay.

India’s Batting Depth Ensures Control of the Contest

Interestingly, even though Pakistan had an off-spinner and two mystery spinners capable of turning the ball away from left-handers, they chose to bowl Shadab Khan’s leg-spin against both of India’s left-handed batsmen during the 8th over, which cost them 17 runs. By the time Ayub got rid of Kishan, who had hit a reverse pull for four, he had scored 77 of India’s 88 runs in 8.4 overs.

Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma looked happy about playing steadily and showcasing that India knew that Kishan had done very well, and they just needed to help him get some runs. They added 38 off 33, including a first-ball four off Tariq, but when they looked to go for it again in the 15th over, Ayub was proving tough to handle. He dismissed Tilak with a sweep, Hardik for a first-ball duck, and missed Shivam Dube as he attempted another lbw off the hat-trick delivery. The number of turns he was getting showed that India was still well on top of the game.

Although he could have had a golden duck, Hardik bowled extremely well. He bowled no deliveries and created many dot balls before Sahibzada failed to hit a good shot off a pull shot (a poor decision) for the second golden duck of the match. Bumrah then used the pressure of a first-over maiden wicket with swing and good length balls to dismiss Aygub and Aghav. Babar missed a slog sweep on Axar when the score was 34-4 in 4.5 overs.

Here’s How the Social Media Reacted

Memes Flood as India Beat Pakistan

Best ones from Pakistan’s loss of yesterday #INDvsPAK
😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/XtjBQWfnvr

— ExtraSpiceAni (@ShrivastavAni) February 16, 2026

Cricket Enthusiasts React to Pakistan Losing Against India

Boycott was well and truly a better option than getting humiliated in Colombo. pic.twitter.com/Dge0tOaorp

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) February 15, 2026

Fans Create Memes After Bumrah Dismisses Saim Ayub

Never hurt his ego pic.twitter.com/KNFHN2Sqzo

— SHAKTI (@UnapologeticH_1) February 15, 2026

Memes Flood After India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2026 Clash

Missing me Pakistan? pic.twitter.com/HBj9cc8TvF

— Ganesh Kumar (@GaneshKuma99416) February 15, 2026

Fans Mock PCB’s Chairman Mohsin Naqvi Post Pakistan’s Defeat

Mohsin Naqvi right now pic.twitter.com/e758aFpwQk

— virat (@vk18_empire) February 15, 2026