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New Zealand cricket team defeated Sri Lanka cricket team by 61 runs in the 46th match of T-20 World Cup 2026. In the match held at Premadasa Stadium, the Kiwi team batted first and scored 168/7. In reply, the Sri Lankan team could only score 107/8 after playing the entire over. With this defeat, the Sri Lankan team was out of the race for the semi-finals. Let’s take a look at the records made in the match.
Statement of account
This is how New Zealand team won
New Zealand, playing first after losing the toss, lost wickets at regular intervals. At one time the Kiwi team lost 6 wickets for 84 runs. In difficult times, Mitchell Santner (47) and Cole McConchie (31) played excellent innings and took the team to a challenging score. In reply, Sri Lanka lost 4 wickets for 29 runs. Even after this, the fall of Sri Lankan wickets continued and the team could not achieve the target.
partnership
Mitchell Santner and Cole McConchie made a record partnership for the 7th wicket.
Santner and McConchie added 84 runs in 47 balls. This became a new record for the largest partnership for the 7th wicket or lower in the T20 World Cup. Santner scored 47 runs in 26 balls and McConchie scored 31 not out in 23 balls. This pair broke the record of Michael Hussey and Steve Smith. Let us tell you that this Australian pair had made a partnership of 74 runs against Bangladesh in 2010.
Santner becomes 13th Kiwi player to score 1,000 T-20 international runs
Santner missed the third half-century of his T20 international career. However, in the meantime he completed his 1,000 runs. With this figure he became the 13th Kiwi batsman. The left-handed batsman has now scored 1,021 runs in 132 T20 international matches at a strike rate of 131.74. Santner’s 47 runs is now his highest batting score in the T20 World Cup.
Rachin Ravindra gave his best bowling performance, became player of the match
New Zealand all-rounder Ravindra took 4 wickets while giving 27 runs in his 4 overs. This left-arm spinner took the wickets of Kusal Mendis (11) and Pawan Rathnayake (10) in his very first over. After this, he trapped the opposition captain Dasun Shanaka (3) and lower order Dushan Hemantha (3) in the net of his spin. Earlier in his batting, Ravindra had scored 32 runs in 22 balls.
Mark sheet
Sri Lanka suffered its second defeat in Super-8
This is Sri Lanka’s second consecutive defeat in Super-8 Group-2. Sri Lanka, which is out of the race for the semi-finals, has to face Pakistan in its last match on 28 February. On the other hand, this is New Zealand’s first win in the Super-8. Earlier, the Kiwi team’s match against rain was inconclusive. With 3 points, the Kiwi team is currently at second position in its group. They have moved towards the semi-finals.
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