Pathum Nissanka’s powerful century has taken Sri Lanka to the Super-8 of T20 World Cup 2026. In the 30th league match played against Australia, Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets. Nissanka made an important contribution in helping the team cross the victory line by scoring 100* runs in 52 balls with the help of 10 fours and 5 sixes. Apart from this, Kusal Mendis scored 51 runs.
With this defeat, it became very difficult for Australia to reach the Super-8. In the previous match, Zimbabwe had defeated Australia by 23 runs. Now Australia will have to depend on the results of other matches to reach the Super-8. After the match, Australia, present in Group B, is at third position in the table with only one win after 3 matches.
Australia has to play its last league match against Oman on 20 February. Along with registering victory in this match, Australia will also have to depend on the results of others. Whereas Zimbabwe, which is at number two, has won both the matches so far. Now Zimbabwe has to play the next match against Ireland. If Zimbabwe beats Ireland in its league match, then their team will reach the Super-8.
match status
Talking about the match, Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bowl. This decision of the team proved to be absolutely right. The Australian team, which came to bat first, was all out for 181 runs in 20 overs. Captain Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head played half-century innings for the team. However, apart from these two, no third batsman could even touch the 30-run mark.
Sri Lanka’s wonder in run chase
Sri Lanka came out for run chase and won by scoring 184/2 runs in just 18 overs. Pathum Nissanka played a century innings for the team. Apart from this, Kusal Mendis played a half-century innings. During this period, Australia’s bowlers looked a complete flop. Only Marcus Stoinis took 2 wickets for the Kangaroo team. All the other bowlers remained wicketless.
