Pitch Report of R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo: New Zealand vs Pakistan, Super-8,T20 World Cup 2026

Delhi:  After the end of the group round in the 10th edition of the ICC T20 World Cup, now the second round is beginning. The first match in the battle of Super-8 will be between New Zealand and Pakistan on Saturday. Both the teams are fully prepared for this match to be held in Colombo.

New Zealand and Pakistan will enter Group 2 of Super-8 at R Premadasa Stadium with the intention of winning over each other. Mitchell Santner’s Kiwi team would like to defeat the Pakistan team captained by Salman Agha, while Pakistan will try to hunt the Kiwis.

new zealand vs pakistant20 international record

There have been many clashes between New Zealand and Pakistan in T20 International cricket. The face-off between the two teams started in the 2007 T20 World Cup. Since then, these two teams have clashed 49 times in this format. During this period, the competition has also been interesting and Pakistan has won 24 matches and New Zealand also has 23 wins in its account and 2 matches have been inconclusive.

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Tremendous matches were seen in the group round of T20 World Cup. From Group-A, Pakistan team managed to enter the Super-8 by winning 3 out of 4 matches and entered the Super-8 with second place, whereas in Group-D, New Zealand showed amazing performance and won 3 out of 4 matches and entered the next round with pride by finishing second.

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The Group 2 match of Super-8 between New Zealand and Pakistan will be played at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka. This match to be held on 21st February will start at 7 pm Indian time. The toss for the match will be done at 6.30 pm.

R Premadasa Stadium – Main information about Colombo and Stadium

The largest cricket stadium of Sri Lanka is R. Premadasa Stadium located in Colombo. The foundation of this stadium was laid in 1986. It was initially known as Khettarama Stadium, which was later renamed as R. Premadasa in memory of the former President of Sri Lanka. The first international match in this stadium was played in the form of a test match between Sri Lanka and Australia in 1992. In 2009, the first T20 International match took place here between India and Sri Lanka. Renovation work was done here in 2009 itself, where the spectator capacity was increased from 14 thousand to 38 thousand.

Colombo pitch report

The surface of R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo is considered very good for spin bowling. In the beginning with the new ball, the ball comes well on the bat. But after the ball loses its shine a little, it spins tremendously in the middle overs. The pitch also gradually slows down and goes in favor of the bowlers. After making above 160 on this wicket, it becomes challenging to achieve this score.

weather conditions

The battle of T20 World Cup 2026 Super-8 is starting from Saturday, where it will be played between New Zealand and Pakistan. There will be a special focus on the weather of this match to be held in Colombo on 21st February. The weather there can spoil the excitement on this day because according to Accuweather, there is a possibility of rain up to 75 percent. According to Accuweather, the maximum temperature is likely to be 30 degrees Celsius and the minimum temperature will be 25 degrees Celsius.

Possible playing eleven of both

New Zealand team: Finn Allen, Tim Seifert (wk), Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, Mark Chapman, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner (c), Jacob Duffy, Ish Sodhi, Matt Henry

Pakistan team: Sahibzada Farhan, Sam Ayub, Salman Agha (captain), Babar Azam, Usman Khan (wicketkeeper), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Usman Tariq, Abrar Ahmed.

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Star Sports Network is the broadcasting partner for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026. All the matches of this tournament will be telecast on different channels of Star Sports, now the excitement is moving towards Super-8, where the match between New Zealand and Pakistan can also be seen on Star Sports. So you can also enjoy live streaming on JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar app/website.

Squads of both teams

New Zealand: Mitchell Santner (captain), Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Tim Seifert, Ish Sodhi

Pakistan: Salman Ali Aga (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Khawaja Mohammad Nafe (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan (wk), Sam Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan, Usman Tariq.

new zealand vs pakistan: Which team is the pitch beneficial for??

The surface of R Premadasa Stadium is considered spin friendly. There is a possibility of spinners dominating this wicket. In such a situation, in the match between New Zealand and Pakistan, Pakistan’s spin bowling attack looks very strong and deep. In such a situation, this track can give advantage to Salman Aga’s team.

FAQs – Pitch Report of R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

R Premadasa Stadium, what is the pitch report of colombo?

R Premadasa’s pitch provides balance with ball and bat. It seems easy to score runs with the new ball on this track, but gradually the pitch becomes slow and the ball gets stuck. In such a situation, the magic of the spinners is seen in the middle overs. On this spin-friendly wicket, teams try to trouble the batsmen by using as many spinners as possible.

In T20 International new zealand vs pakistanOf H2H what is the record?

Talking about New Zealand and Pakistan head to head in T20 International cricket in H2H record, so far 49 matches have been played between both the teams. During this period, New Zealand has won 23 matches while Pakistan has won 24 matches and 2 matches have been inconclusive.

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