Pakistan vs Netherlands, 1st Match, Group A, ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 - Player Highlights

van der Merwe to Babar Azam, out Caught by Kyle Klein!! Oh dear! Are Pakistan imploding? Babar Azam was one batter who could've taken this chase deep, but he looks to go over the top and holes out to long-off - was nicely tossed up on off and Babar ran down the pitch, he's undone in the flight though and skews a mistimed lofted drive, high and to the right of long-off - Klein runs to his right and completes a fine catch. All of a sudden, Pakistan have slipped from 98 for 2 to 100 for 5. Babar Azam c Kyle Klein b van der Merwe 15(18) [4s-1]

van der Merwe to Babar Azam, no run, flighted delivery on off - a half-forward prod as Babar defended

van der Merwe to Babar Azam, 1 run, tossed up just outside off - Babar finds the gap past cover with the drive for a single

Bas de Leede to Babar Azam, 1 run, yorker length delivery on off, squeezed back past the bowler for a single

Bas de Leede to Babar Azam, FOUR, a gentle tickle and Babar Azam gets going with a boundary, too full and too straight from Bas de Leede, on the pads and the right-hander put it away with ease

Bas de Leede to Babar Azam, 1 run, on a good length and just outside off - driven down to long-off for a single

Kyle Klein to Babar Azam, 1 run, fuller length delivery on the pads, clipped into the gap wide of mid-wicket for a single

Kyle Klein to Babar Azam, 1 run, on a good length and angling into the pads, Babar clips it wide of mid-wicket for a single

van der Merwe to Babar Azam, 1 run, push-drives this full ball to the left of cover

van der Merwe to Babar Azam, 1 run, full on middle-leg, driven along the ground to long-on

Paul van Meekeren to Babar Azam, 1 run, 136kph, short ball and Babar Azam pulls to deep midwicket

van der Merwe to Babar Azam, no run, 85.1kph, Babar Azam comes down the track, almost yorks himself and jams it back at the bowler who then throws the ball to make the batter go back

van der Merwe to Babar Azam, no run, 86.6kph, pushes this full ball to short extra cover

van der Merwe to Babar Azam, 1 run, 83.5kph, very full, driven hard along the ground to long-off

van der Merwe to Babar Azam, 1 run, 79.1kph, flighted delivery from round the wicket, full on middle-leg, flicked to deep midwicket

Logan van Beek to Babar Azam, 1 run, 133.7kph, Babar Azam drops this length ball towards cover and the batters set off for a risky single. A direct-hit at the keeper's end would have been curtains for Farhan!

Logan van Beek to Babar Azam, no run, beaten! The ball comes quicker than the batter expects. Babar Azam tries to cut and is beaten

Aryan Dutt to Babar Azam, no run, 97.5kph, length ball outside off, chopped to backward point