ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s government says the national cricket team will be allowed to take part in the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup but must boycott its group game against arch rival India. India and Sri Lanka are co-hosts for the 20-team tournament,

Ishan Kishan's century and Suryakumar Yadav's fifty helped the Indian team post a mammoth 271/5 on the board against New Zealand in the 5th and final T20I match of the series in Thiruvananthapuram.

Pakistan, which won its third successive toss in the series, had earlier posted a daunting 207-6 – its highest-ever total in a T20 against Australia.

Tom Banton hit 54 not out off 33 balls and England won the second T20 against Sri Lanka by six wickets with two balls remaining under the DLS method on Sunday to clinch the series.

The three-match T20I series moves into game two at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.

Brook walks off with 36 from 12 balls, with his innings that featured four sixes and went at a rollicking strike-rate of 300 putting England firmly in the driving seat.