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Faheem Ashraf’s Late Blitz Powers Pakistan to Narrow Win Over Netherlands in T20 World Cup Opener

By AFP News February 07, 2026 • 15:20 PM View: 363

Faheem Ashraf smashed an unbeaten 29 off 11 balls as Pakistan scrambled past the Netherlands by three wickets to avoid a massive shock in the curtain-raiser of the T20 World Cup in Colombo on Saturday.

Pakistan were made to sweat as the Netherlands took a flurry of late wickets to leave them needing 29 off the last two overs with only three wickets in hand at the Sinhalese Sports Club ground.

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