T20 World Cup 2026: T20 World Cup 2026 is now at a very exciting turn, after the group stage matches are over, it is the turn of Super-8. In which till now 5 teams have qualified. Sri Lanka has almost eliminated Australia from the tournament by defeating them. Team India is also going to benefit from this victory of Lanka, the seat of the team led by Suryakumar Yadav is almost fixed in the semi-finals, now let us tell you how it will happen.
Team India benefits from Sri Lanka’s victory
In fact, by defeating Australia, Sri Lanka has almost shown them the way out of the T20 World Cup 2026. Now the team captained by Mitchell Marsh has to pray that Zimbabwe loses to Ireland. If Zimbabwe wins then Australia will not be able to reach the next stage. Team India is benefiting from this because either Australia or Zimbabwe is going to play against India in Super-8 on 26th February.
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Team India’s seat confirmed in the semi-finals?
As per the scheduled schedule, India has to face South Africa and West Indies in Super-8. If Australia had also come in this group, then Team India would have had to face the three strongest teams of the tournament. Zimbabwe can be considered a weak team in comparison, in such a situation, cricket experts believe that Australia’s absence in the Super-8 is a relief for Team India, although they are in the same form as the hosts, no matter who comes in front of them.
🚨 SUPER 8 SCHEDULE OF INDIA 🚨
IND vs SA (Feb 22, Ahmedabad)
IND vs ZIM/AUS (Feb 26, Chennai)
IND vs WI (Mar 1, Kolkata) pic.twitter.com/tkiKMI5w5W—Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) February 16, 2026
Sri Lankan bombshell
If we talk about the match, in this match played in Palekela, Australia had made a good start by batting first. Mitchell Marsh (54) and Travis Head (56) scored a lot of runs in the powerplay, but after this Sri Lanka made a comeback. Dushan Hemanta added 3 wickets for 37 runs in 4 overs, Australia was all-out on the score of 181. Then Pathum Nissanka showed his magic, he played an unbeaten inning of 100 runs facing 52 balls. Which included 10 fours and 5 sixes, on the basis of which Sri Lanka won in 18 overs.
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