3 min learnUp to date: Feb 25, 2026 11:00 PM IST
Sri Lanka grew to become the primary crew eradicated from the T20 World Cup on Wednesday after they misplaced their Tremendous 8 match towards New Zealand by 61 runs. Chasing a goal of 169, the Lankans have been rocked early once they misplaced Pathum Nissanka within the very first supply.
After that, the wickets stored falling commonly with Kusal Mendis scoring 11, adopted by Charith Asalanka who scored 5. Pavan Rathnayake fell for 10 whereas Kamindu Mendis might solely rating 31. Skipper Dasun Shanaka was additionally dismissed for 3 whereas Rachin Ravindra snapped up 4 wickets.
Earlier, skipper Mitchell Santner (47) and Cole McConchie (31 not out) led New Zealand’s fightback after middle-order collapse. New Zealand suffered a batting collapse as they slipped from 75/2 to 84/6 throughout which additionally they misplaced three wickets with out including a run. Santner scored 47 off 26 balls with 4 sixes and two fours, whereas McConchie hit 31 not out from 23 balls (3 fours, 2 sixes). The pair added 84 runs for the seventh wicket.
What does this imply for Pakistan
Whereas New Zealand profitable the match towards the Lankans doesn’t remove Pakistan, it will increase the stress on them by ten-fold. To ensure that Pakistan to remain alive within the competitors, they might want to win their final match towards Sri Lanka and hope that New Zealand lose to England on February 27.
If New Zealand lose their final match vs England and Pakistan win their match vs Sri Lanka on February 28, each could be on 3 factors which is able to carry web run fee into the equation. Nevertheless, if the Kiwis win towards England, they’ll go to five factors which would be the finish of the street for Pakistan as a result of even when they defeated Sri Lanka, they will solely attain 3 factors.
Even when rain washes out the England vs New Zealand match and Pakistan defeat Sri Lanka, the Kiwis will nonetheless attain 4 factors versus Pakistan’s 3. In case the rain washes out each matches, Pakistan will get 2 whereas New Zealand may have 4 which is able to once more assist the Kiwis attain the semis.
The one means Pakistan can get by means of is by a New Zealand lose closely to England and so they win by an enormous margin towards Sri Lanka because of the NRR coming into the equation.
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SUPER 8 GROUP 2 POINTS TABLE
| POS | TEAM | M | W | L | N/R | T | Factors | NRR |
| 1 | England (Q) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.491 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.050 |
| 3 | Pakistan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -0.461 |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.800 |