Delhi: R of Colombo. The 46th match of T20 World Cup 2026 is being played today between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at Premadasa Stadium. In the match, Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka won the toss and decided to bowl first. New Zealand team played first and scored 168 runs losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. The Sri Lankan team has got a target of 169 runs to win this match.
New Zealand got a bad start
Kiwi team did not have a good start after losing the toss and playing first. The opening pair of Tim Seifert and Finn Allen failed to give the start as expected. The team got its first blow at the score of 30. Mahesh Theekshana showed the way to the pavilion by catching Allen out on his own ball. Allen scored 23 runs in 13 balls in an aggressive manner. After his dismissal, the wicket of Seifert (9) fell at the score of 34. After this, Rachin Ravindra and Glenn Phillips took over the Miller innings for some time and took the score beyond 70. This pair was broken by Dushmantha Chameera by bowling Phillips (18).
New Zealand lost 3 wickets on the score of 84
The 12th and 13th overs of the innings proved to be quite dangerous for New Zealand, because between these two overs the Kiwis lost 3 important wickets. The Sri Lankan team had completely tightened the noose on New Zealand. At one time it seemed that the Sri Lankan spinners would wrap up the New Zealand innings soon, but captain Santner and Cole McConchie did not allow this to happen.
Santner and McConchie counterattack
After 6 wickets fell at the score of 84, captain Santner and McConchie took charge and made a partnership of 82 runs for the seventh wicket. This is the biggest partnership for the seventh wicket by New Zealand in T20 International. Both these batsmen thrashed the bowlers of the host team and scored 70 runs in the last 24 balls. Santner scored 47 runs in a stormy manner with the help of 2 fours and 4 sixes in 26 balls. McConchie was successful in scoring 31* runs on 23 balls. With the help of these innings, New Zealand played the entire overs and scored 168 runs at the loss of 7 wickets.
Dushmantha Chameera and Mahesh Theekshana together took 6 wickets
Dushmantha Chameera and Mahesh Theekshana were the most successful bowlers from Sri Lanka. Theekshana took 3 wickets for 30 runs in his 4 over spell. At the same time, after giving away 38 runs, they managed to hunt 3 batsmen.
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