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New Zealand vs Sri Lanka স্কোরকার্ড, Super Eight Match 6, ICC T20 World Cup
Result · Feb 25 2026, Wed - 07:00 PM (IST)
NEW ZEALAND168/7
SRI LANKA107/8
New Zealand won by 61 runs
CRR:5.35
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Match Info
| সিরিজ : | 20/20 World Cup |
| তারিখ: | Feb 25 2026, Wed - 07:00 PM (IST) |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| City: | Colombo |
| ভেন্যু: | R. Premadasa Stadium |
| টস: | Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| Sri Lanka Playing XI: | Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Charith Asalanka, Pavan Rathnayake, Kamindu Mendis, Dasun Shanaka (c), Dunith Wellalage, Dushan Hemantha, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, Dilshan Madushanka |
| New Zealand Playing XI: | Finn Allen, Tim Seifert (wk), Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner (c), Cole McConchie, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson |
- Sri Lanka will be aiming for consecutive wins in men’s T20Is against New Zealand for only the third time in the history of the format (W2 from November 2013 to March 2014 and W2 from September 2007 to June 2009), following their seven-run victory when they last met the Black Caps (2 January 2025).
- New Zealand have lost only one of their last four ICC Men’s T20 World Cup matches against Sri Lanka (W2 T1) – a 59-run defeat in Chattogram at the 2014 edition; the Black Caps will be aiming for consecutive wins against them for the first time in the history of the tournament.
- Sri Lanka have lost six of all their 10 men’s T20Is at home in 2026 (W4); a seventh defeat in this match would be their outright most at home in a calendar year in the history of the format (also L6 in 2024).
- New Zealand have lost the coin toss on the day in each of their last eight completed men’s T20Is, their joint-longest such run in the history of the format (also eight games from November 2021 to July 2022); the Black Caps have gone on to win four of those eight matches (L4).
- Sri Lanka have alternated between wins and losses across their last seven men’s T20Is at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo (W3 L4), losing their most recent game in that span (19 February 2026 vs Zimbabwe); they will be looking to avoid consecutive defeats at the venue in the format for the first time since June 2022.
- New Zealand have won five of their last six ICC Men’s T20 World Cup matches (L1), including an eight-wicket victory against Canada in their most recent completed fixture (17 February 2026); their only defeat in that span came in their only game in this stretch where the Black Caps batted first on the day (14 February 2026 vs South Africa).
- Pathum Nissanka (7) is one away from surpassing Mahela Jayawardene (7) for the outright most 50+ scores for Sri Lanka in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup history; although, he was dismissed for just nine runs in his most recent T20I innings overall (22 February 2026 vs England) after recording 100* and 62 in each of his two innings prior in the format.
- Glenn Phillips (22) is one away from equaling Ross Taylor (23) and Martin Guptill (23) for the most sixes for New Zealand in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup history; he hit six sixes in his most recent T20I innings (17 February 2026 vs Canada), more than he logged across his six innings prior in the format (4).
- Dunith Wellalage (Sri Lanka) has taken nine wickets at a strike rate of 18 across his last seven T20I bowling innings, recording at least one wicket in each of those seven innings; although, he went wicketless the last time he faced New Zealand in the format (10 November 2024).
- Tim Seifert (15) is one away from surpassing Brendon McCullum (15) for the outright third-most 50+ scores for New Zealand in men’s T20Is (Martin Guptill – 22, Kane Williamson – 18); although, he’s logged fewer than 15 runs in each of his last two innings in the format (13, 6) after making 50+ in three of his four innings prior.
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