New Delhi: Sri Lanka faced Zimbabwe on Thursday (19 February) in match number-38 of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. Where this Group-B match between the two teams was played at R.K. Colombo, Colombo. Played at Premadasa Stadium (R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo). In this match, Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets and caused the second major upset of this T20 World Cup.
Actually, Zimbabwe defeated Sri Lanka in its home ground, so this is a big victory and upset for it. At the same time, the same Zimbabwean team had created a stir by defeating Australia in the current World Cup. Then Zimbabwe surprised everyone by defeating Australia by 23 runs. However, this defeat did not make much difference to Sri Lanka, because it has already qualified for Super-8.
In this match, Zimbabwe had a target of 179 runs to win, which it achieved with three balls remaining. Brian Bennett scored unbeaten 63 runs for Zimbabwe, while captain Sikandar Raza scored 45 runs with the bat. Zimbabwe has won all four of its matches in the current tournament. Now she will face India, South Africa and West Indies in Super-8.
Zimbabwe defeated Sri Lanka twice in the year 2025
However, Sri Lanka was defeated twice by Zimbabwe in T20 last year. He was defeated once in 2024 also. So far 12 T20 International matches have been played between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. During this period, Sri Lanka has won 8 matches and Zimbabwe has won 4 matches.
Which groups are Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka in Super-8?
Group 1: India, Zimbabwe, West Indies, South Africa
Group 2: Pakistan, Sri Lanka, England, New Zealand
When will Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka compete in Super 8?
Full schedule of Group 1
22 February: India vs South Africa (Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, 7 pm)
23 February: Zimbabwe vs West Indies (Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, 7 pm)
26 February: South Africa vs West Indies (Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, 3 pm)
26 February: India vs Zimbabwe (MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, 7 pm)
March 1: Zimbabwe vs South Africa (Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, 3 pm)
March 1: India vs West Indies (Eden Gardens, Kolkata, 7 pm)
Full schedule of Group 2
21st February: New Zealand vs Pakistan (R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, 7 pm)
22 February: England vs Sri Lanka (Pallekele Cricket International Stadium, Pallekele, 3 pm)
24 February: England vs Pakistan (Pallekele Cricket International Stadium, Pallekele, 7 pm)
25 February: New Zealand vs Sri Lanka (R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, 7 pm)
27 February: England vs New Zealand (R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, 7 pm)
28 February: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (Pallekele Cricket International Stadium, Pallekele, 7 pm)
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