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NZ crush Sri Lanka, knock them out of T20 World Cup
Hindustan Times Pune
|February 26, 2026
New Zealand’s hopes of making a match of their crucial T20 World Cup Super Eight game against Sri Lanka seemed buried at Colombo’s R Premadasa Stadium.
New Zealand's Matt Henry (C) celebrates after taking a wicket against Sri Lanka.
After being put into bat by Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka, nothing much had gone right for the Kiwis till that point. Their dashing opening pair of Finn Allen and Tim Seifert had not been allowed to showcase their explosiveness, and the middle-order had collapsed like a pack of cards.
The Kiwis, desperate to win after their first Super 8 game against Pakistan was washed out, had crawled to 75/3 in their first 10 overs, which was their lowest halfway score in this tournament.
The packed home crowd was on its feet celebrating as spinner Maheesh Theekshana and pacer Dushmantha Chameera struck regular blows to reduce New Zealand to 84/6 after 12.1 overs.
But you never count out a New Zealand side till the last ball is bowled. There was no sign of revival when the seventh wicket pair of Cole McConchie and skipper Mitchell Santner quietly played out the next four overs. At the 16-over mark, New Zealand had huffed and puffed to 98/6.
This story is from the February 26, 2026 edition of Hindustan Times Pune.
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