Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe Highlights: Zimbabwe team is doing wonders in T20 World Cup 2026. Now it has defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets on its own home ground. In the match played in Colombo, Sri Lanka batted first and scored 178 runs. In reply, Zimbabwe achieved the target with 3 balls remaining. Earlier, Zimbabwe team had defeated Australia in this World Cup.
In this match, Sri Lanka came to bat first after winning the toss, and thanks to Pathum Nissanka’s half-century, they also scored decent runs on the scoreboard. But Sikandar Raza and his army had entered the field in a mood to cause another major upset.
Brian Bennett and Tadivanashe Marumani gave a strong start to the Zimbabwe team, which came to chase the target of 179 runs and made an opening partnership of 69 runs. In the first 10 overs, Zimbabwe team ran the scoreboard at a very slow run-rate. He had scored only 78 runs in 10 overs, but the good thing was that he had 9 wickets left in his hand.
Sikandar Raza’s bat roared a lot
One end was handled by Brian Bennett, who returned unbeaten after scoring 63 runs in the match. Captain Sikandar Raza came to bat in the 12th over of the innings. He scored only 6 runs in the first 9 balls of his innings, after which he started hitting fours and sixes. Sikandar scored 39 runs in the next 16 balls.
Zimbabwe had to score 101 runs in the last 10 overs to win. It was only as a result of Sikandar Raza’s stormy innings of 45 runs that Zimbabwe was able to achieve the mammoth target of 179. Let us tell you that this is Zimbabwe’s second biggest successful run chase in the history of international T20 cricket. Whereas Zimbabwe team remained on top in Group B.
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