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Pakistan vs Sri Lanka স্কোরকার্ড, Super Eight Match 10, ICC T20 World Cup
Result · Feb 28 2026, Sat - 07:00 PM (IST)
PAKISTAN212/8
SRI LANKA207/6
Pakistan won by 5 runs
CRR:10.35
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Match Info
| সিরিজ : | 20/20 World Cup |
| তারিখ: | Feb 28 2026, Sat - 07:00 PM (IST) |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| City: | Kandy |
| ভেন্যু: | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium |
| টস: | Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| Sri Lanka Playing XI: | Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara (wk), Charith Asalanka, Pavan Rathnayake, Kamindu Mendis, Dasun Shanaka (c), Janith Liyanage, Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Dushmantha Chameera, Dilshan Madushanka |
| Pakistan Playing XI: | Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Zaman, Salman Ali Agha (c), Khawaja Nafay, Usman Khan (wk), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed, Usman Tariq |
- Sri Lanka have won only one of their last three completed men’s T20I games played against Pakistan (L2) with the sole win in this period coming in the two sides’ most recent encounter on 11 January 2026; the Lions will be aiming to register back-to-back wins against the Shaheens for the first time since September 2022 (streak of five games).
- This will be the fifth encounter played between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, with both the sides winning two and losing two; Sri Lanka won the most recent such encounter by 16 runs on 4 October 2012.
- Sri Lanka have won 12 games against Pakistan in men’s T20Is, only against Bangladesh have they won more in the format (13); the Lions’ have however lost 17 games against the Shaheens, only against India have they suffered more defeats in the format (21).
- This will be the first men’s T20I game played between Sri Lanka and West Indies at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy; Sri Lanka have won two out of their last three Men’s T20I games at this venue (L1) after losing all three prior to this run; Pakistan have lost their most recent men’s T20I game played at this venue (by 2 wickets against England) after winning each of their last two prior games.
- Sri Lanka have saved 29 runs while fielding in the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup edition, the most by any side; Pakistan are fourth in the list having saved 19 runs in this tournament.
- Pakistan bowlers have an economy rate of 7.6 while bowling in the slog overs (Overs 17-20) of the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup edition, the best such rate of any team when bowling in this phase of the game; Sri Lanka are third in the list with an economy rate of 8.4; both Pakistan and Sri Lanka have picked up 17 wickets in this phase of the game, the most by any teams.
- Sri Lanka have hit a boundary once every 9.5 deliveries in the middle phase (Overs 7-16) of the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup edition, only Namibia (10.6), Oman (10.5) and United Arab Emirates (9.6) have a poorer rate in this edition.
- Sahibzada Farhan (Pakistan) has scored 283 runs in the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup edition, the most by any batter; only Babar Azam (303 runs in 2021) has scored more runs in a single edition for the Men in Green than Farhan; he is also just 37 away from surpassing Virat Kohli’s tally of 319 runs in 2014 to become the batter with most runs in a single edition.
- Dasun Shanaka (98 boundary sixes) and Kusal Mendis (97 boundary sixes) are two and three hits away respectively from becoming the first Sri Lanka batter to register 100 boundary sixes in men’s T20Is.
- Usman Tariq has induced false shots off 76% of his deliveries bowled in the slog overs (17–20) at the ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup, the highest such rate among bowlers in this phase of this edition (min. 20 balls bowled); he has picked up five wickets in this phase, only Blessing Muzarabani has more (6).
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