Mitchell Marsh Smashed Five Fours In Five Consecutive Balls: The match between Australia and Sri Lanka in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 was played on Monday night i.e. 16 February. In this match, Australian captain Mitchell Marsh made an explosive start. He hit 5 fours in 5 consecutive balls in one over of Sri Lankan spinner Mahish Teekshana. The last over of the powerplay is always difficult and Marsh targeted Tikshana who came to bowl this over.
Mitchell Marsh hit 5 fours in one over
Mitchell Marsh could not score any runs on the first ball of Mahish Teekshana’s over. He opened the mouth of the bat and sent the second one towards point for a four. The third ball was also hit for a four in the same manner. Marsh could not time the fourth ball properly, but even after this it went outside the cover boundary. He hit the next ball for a four on the leg side. Mitchell Marsh hit the fifth four by hitting a cover drive against Mahish Tikshana on the last ball of the over.
Mahish Teekshana got 35 runs in powerplay.
Mahish Teekshana bowled three overs in the powerplay against Australia. During this period, he did not get any wicket and gave away 35 runs with an economy of around 12. This is the most expensive powerplay so far in Tikshana’s T20 International career. He came to bowl in the second over of the Australian innings. In that over, Travis Head hit him two fours and a total of 9 runs were scored. Tikshana gave only 6 runs in the fourth over, but 20 runs were lost in the last over.
Sri Lanka beat Australia by 8 wickets
In the match played in Pallekele, Sri Lanka has defeated Australia by 8 wickets. With this, the Sri Lankan team has qualified for the Super 8 in the T20 World Cup 2026. After the defeat from Sri Lanka, Australia has been out of the group stage of the tournament this time, because till now Australia has played 3 matches in the group stage and the Kangaroo team has faced defeat in two matches. The Australian trio had defeated Ireland in their first match, but then lost to Zimbabwe in the second match, while they suffered their third defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka last night.
