Syed Irtiza Ali is a sports journalist with writing experience since 2016. For five years, contributed freelance articles to The News on Sunday (TNS), on all major sports. In late 2021, joined Geo News as a Sports Sub-Editor. Have written bylines for TNS, Geo, and Geo Super. He aims to bring attention to overlooked sports such as squash and hockey.
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On February 1, the government confirmed Pakistan would participate in the T20 World Cup 2026 but would not play their match against India on February 15 in Colombo
The visitors will be hoping to repeat the sort of performance which helped them stun Pakistan in a close game on Thursday
The two teams will now take on each other in the final on Saturday in Rawalpindi
Maaz Sadaqat, Saad Masood and Mohammad Naeem are the standout performers with the potential to become prolific white-ball players for Pakistan in the long-run
Nawaz played an unbeaten cameo of 20 runs in 12 balls to help Pakistan get over the line
After winning both T20 and ODI series against South Africa, Pakistan will aim to continue their white-ball dominance at home by winning the second game against Sri Lanka to seal the series
