IND vs PAK: There was an atmosphere of celebration in the camp of Team India after the spectacular victory against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup 2026. Immediately after the end of the match, an incident was seen on the field which shocked everyone. R of Colombo. In this match played at Premadasa Stadium, India defeated Pakistan by 61 runs, but after the victory, the video of the mutual argument between the Indian players has gone viral on social media.
Controversy started due to missed catch
Actually this matter is related to the 18th over of Pakistan’s innings. At that time Hardik Pandya was bowling and Shaheen Shah Afridi was batting. On the second ball of the over, Afridi tried to play a pull shot and the ball reached straight to Kuldeep Yadav standing in the deep. It was an easy catch, but Kuldeep failed to catch it. Not only this, the ball touched his hand and went out of the boundary, due to which Pakistan also got extra runs.
Kuldeep Yadav dropped a not so imp catch at boundary on pandya’s bowling.
But what did Pandya Do?
He went and literally threatened and allegedly abused him too after the match ended.
He knows nothing will happen to him cuz after all it’s a Yadav player👏 pic.twitter.com/5Hgq0Ike88
— Jitesh (@Chaotic_mind99) February 15, 2026
Hardik got angry after taking the wicket
At that time Hardik did not give any special reaction on the field, but he definitely looked disappointed by this mistake. However, after a few balls, when Hardik wrapped up Pakistan’s innings by taking an important wicket, his anger clearly came to the fore. After the fall of the wicket, when the entire team gathered to celebrate, Hardik moved towards Kuldeep and started talking to him harshly about the missed catch. During this, Kuldeep looked very calm and disappointment was clearly visible on his face.
Other players intervened
Seeing the matter escalating, the rest of the team players immediately intervened. Meanwhile, Captain Suryakumar Yadav also reached there and tried to calm the atmosphere so that the controversy does not escalate amid the victory celebrations. This entire incident was captured on camera, the video of which is now going viral on social media. Although India’s victory in the match has taken the team to Super-8, but this kind of debate between the players has definitely sparked discussion among the fans.

