Zimbabwe made historic performance in T20 World Cup 2026

Zimbabwe’s historic achievement in T20 World Cup 2026

New Delhi: Zimbabwe’s cricket team has created history with a unique performance in the T20 World Cup 2026. This team has been successful in entering the Super-8 stage of this tournament for the first time, which is their biggest success till date. Zimbabwe has previously participated in this World Cup seven times, but has never been able to progress beyond the group preliminary round.

Reaching the Super-8 is an important milestone for Zimbabwe and its players. The day has become a special moment in the history of Zimbabwe cricket, and the players celebrated it in great style.

Match canceled due to rain

The group stage match between Zimbabwe and Ireland was scheduled to be held on 17 February at Pallekele Stadium in Sri Lanka, but the match was canceled due to continuous rain. After this, according to the points table, it was confirmed that Zimbabwe team will go to Super-8. As soon as the players got information about this, they started celebrating in the dressing room. The players came to the balcony of the dressing room and started singing a special song, which quickly went viral on social media.

Great performance by Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has played very well in this tournament. The team’s fast bowlers Richard Ngarwa, Blessing Muzarabani and Brad Evans bowled brilliantly and restricted the Oman team to just 103 runs in the first match. After this, Brian Bennett played an important inning of 48 runs in batting and Zimbabwe won by eight wickets, which increased their confidence.

Shocking win against Australia

Zimbabwe’s biggest win came against Australia, which shocked the cricket world. In this match, Zimbabwe, batting first, scored 169 runs losing two wickets, while the Australian team was reduced to 146 runs. During this, Brian Bennett scored unbeaten 64 runs and Blessing Muzarabani took four wickets in bowling.

Now the competition will be about prestige

Now Zimbabwe is going to play its last group match against Sri Lanka in Colombo on 19 February. Both the teams have reached Super-8, so this match will be of prestige. Zimbabwe have made a strong mark in this World Cup with disciplined play, excellent bowling and useful batting.