An important Super-8 match in the T20 World Cup 2026 is being played between Sri Lanka and New Zealand at R Premadasa in Colombo. There is a semi-final ticket at stake for both the teams. At one time Sri Lanka was dominant in the match. New Zealand had lost 6 wickets for 84 runs. But after this, Cole McConchie and captain Mitchell Santner turned the tables by making a partnership of 84 runs in 47 balls for the seventh wicket. New Zealand put 167/7 runs on the board in 20 overs.
McConchie scored 31* runs in 23 balls with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from this, Santner scored 47 runs in 26 balls by hitting 2 fours and 4 sixes. Whereas for Sri Lanka, Mahish Teekshana and Dushmantha Chameera took maximum 3-3 wickets.
4 wickets fell in the span of 9 runs
At one time New Zealand’s score was 2 wickets for 75 runs, but from there the Sri Lankan bowlers wreaked havoc and took 4 wickets in a span of just 9 runs. It seemed that New Zealand would hardly be able to reach 120 runs, but McConchie and Santner destroyed the Sri Lankan bowlers.
New Zealand scored 70 runs in the last 4 overs. At the end of 16 overs, the score of Kiwi team was 98 runs, which reached 168 runs in 20 overs. In this way, New Zealand completely won the game in the last overs.
Sri Lanka won the toss
Let us tell you that in the match, Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bowl. After 6 wickets fell by the 13th over, it seemed that Sri Lanka had taken the right decision of bowling first. But then the number seven pair did wonders and changed everything.
New Zealand’s first match washed out in rain
It is noteworthy that New Zealand’s first match, which was against Pakistan, was washed out due to rain. This is the second match of the Kiwi team in Super-8. New Zealand has only 1 point due to the first match being canceled due to rain. Now it will be interesting to see how the team performs in the second innings against New Zealand.
