Chasing a challenging target of 174 runs, New Zealand lost the wicket of opener batter Tim Seifert in the third over. He made just six runs off 10 balls. Finn Allen also followed him soon after, making 21 runs off just eight balls, including two fours and a six.
In the run-chase, Perera fell early, but Nissanka (100* in 52 balls, with 10 fours and five sixes), Kusal Mendis (51 in 38 balls, with six fours and a six), and Pavan Rathnayake (28* in 15 balls, with six fours) took Sri Lanka to the target with eight wickets and two overs left.
Azmatullah Omarzai played a match-winning knock while chasing after achieving impressive bowling figures of 15/4 in Afghanistan's third Group D fixture, which helped the Rashid Khan-led side secure a five-wicket win over the UAE.
The 27-year-old Afghanistan skipper achieved the feat during the 16th over in the first innings when he dismissed Muhammad Arfan by a hit-wicket. Arfan made zero runs off two balls, before his wicket while trying a reverse sweep against the ace spinner.
Agha noted that Pakistan lost too many wickets in the powerplay. A knockout punch in the form of a half-century by Ishan Kishan and a collectively brilliant bowling performance helped India secure a 61-run win against Pakistan in the ICC T20 World Cup at Colombo on Sunday.
During the post-match presentation ceremony, Kishan, who got 'Player of the Match' for his blistering 77, said that "The wicket was not that easy. Sometimes, you have to believe and focus on your strengths. I was watching the ball, sticking to my strengths and running as much as possible," K
After a fantastic 77 from Ishan Kishan that took India to a fighting 175/7, two wickets each from Axar Patel, Varun Chakravarthy, Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah bundled out Pakistan for 114 in 18 overs. India stays on top with three wins in three matches in Group A, while Pakistan has s
The Men in Blue posted 175/7, the highest team total in the India-Pakistan match at the ICC T20 World Cup. However, Tariq bowled a brilliant spell, scalping a wicket while giving away just 24 runs in 4 overs.
Jason Holder's four-fer and skipper Hope's 61 off 44 balls helped West Indies defeat Nepal by nine wickets in match 25 of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday as the Caribbean side became the first team to enter the Super Eights. Nepal are officially elimi
The Hafsa Khalid-led Pakistan side decided to bat first after winning the toss, and Saima Thakor dismissed the opener batter Yusra Amir in the first over.
Ahead of the high-voltage encounter between India and Pakistan in the T20 World Cup at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Sunday, Ishan Kishan's childhood coach Santosh Kumar expressed confidence in the wicketkeeper-batter's form and mindset.