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In the 38th match of the T-20 World Cup 2026, the Zimbabwe cricket team registered its third win by defeating the Sri Lankan cricket team by 6 wickets. Zimbabwe team achieved the target of 179 runs to win in the match held at Colombo Stadium thanks to the innings of Brian Bennett (63*) and Sikandar Raza (45). Bennett scored the 11th half-century of his T20 international career. Let’s take a look at his innings.
Brian Bennett’s innings was excellent
Bennett, who came from Zimbabwe to open the innings, initially batted cautiously and completed his half-century in 41 balls. He remained unbeaten after scoring 63 runs in 48 balls. He along with Marumani (34) added 69 runs for the first wicket. Apart from this, he also made a partnership of 69 runs with Raza for the third wicket. Raza was out after playing a quick innings of 45 runs in 26 balls with the help of 2 fours and 4 sixes.
Bennett scored a half-century in the second consecutive match
Bennett had scored an unbeaten 64 runs against Australia in his last match. In the T20 World Cup 2026, he has scored 175 runs in 3 innings with a strike rate of 125.00.
Such is Bennett’s T-20 international career
Bennett started his T20 international career in 2023. He has so far scored 1,771 runs in 55 matches at an average of 35.42 and a strike rate of 143.16. Meanwhile, he scored 1 century and 11 half-centuries. He has been out in 3 innings without even opening the account. He is currently the fourth highest run scorer from his country in T20 International.
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Zimbabwe won the match in this way
Pathum Nissanka, who came to open the innings from Sri Lanka, scored a half-century (62). Apart from him, Pawan Rathnayake played an inning of 44 runs in 25 balls and the host team scored 178/7. In reply, Tadivanashe Marumani (34) and Brian Bennett gave the team a steady start. After this, captain Sikandar Raza played an aggressive inning of 45 runs, for which he was chosen player of the match. In the end, Bennett secured the victory by scoring an unbeaten half-century (63*).
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