New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- West Indies fast bowler Romario Shepherd, Pakistan's Faheem Ashraf and India captain Suryakumar Yadav grabbed headlines on an eventful opening day of the T20 World Cup 2026 on Saturday. While Pakistan played Netherlands in Colombo, the remaining two games were played in Indian. It must be noted that Pakistan will play all their games on Sri Lankan soil.

The T20 World Cup 2026 started with Pakistan taking on Netherlands for the third time in history. Pakistan needed Saturday's win as it can ill afford to lose any Group A points after announcing it would boycott the February 15 match against India, a decision that shook the cricket world.

Batting first, Netherlands were all out for 147, losing the last six wickets for...