Pakistan Bizarre Record, T20 World Cup 2026: The first match of Super-8 in T20 World Cup 2026 was to be held between Pakistan and New Zealand on Saturday (21 February), but rain spoiled the entire game and the match was cancelled. With this canceled match, Pakistan has made a very strange record in its name, seeing which you will also say that Pakistan is at the top in terms of bad luck.
Rain i.e. ‘law of nature’ became a disaster for Pakistan. With the cancellation of the match against New Zealand, Pakistan’s record for most number of matches being canceled in T20 International was established.
Now a total of 7 matches of Pakistan have been canceled in the format. With this Ireland’s record was broken. Ireland has had 6 T20 International matches canceled so far. In this way Pakistan topped the strange record.
Most T20 matches of these teams were canceled
Pakistan- 7 matches
Ireland- 6 matches
New Zealand- 6 matches
India- 4 matches
Netherlands- 4 matches
What was the result when the match was cancelled?
After the cancellation of the match between Pakistan and New Zealand, both the teams were given 1 point each. Now it will be interesting to see how this 1-1 point works out for both the teams.
Pakistan’s remaining two matches in Super-8
It is noteworthy that Pakistan has to play its next match in Super-8 against England on 24th February. Then the team’s third match will be against Sri Lanka on 28th February. To get a place in the semi-finals, Pakistan will have to win both the matches. Now it will be interesting to see how far the Pakistani team can reach in the tournament.
Pakistan’s performance in the group stage
Pakistan won three out of four matches in the group stage. The team started the tournament with a win against Netherlands. After this, in the next match, Pakistan won against USA by 32 runs. Then in the next match, Pakistan had to face defeat against India by 61 runs. Then in the last match, Pakistan defeated Namibia by 102 runs.
