T20 World Cup 2026 Zimbabwe Record: The 38th league match of T20 World Cup 2026 was played between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. By winning the match by 6 wickets, Zimbabwe made a big record in the T20 World Cup. This was Zimbabwe’s third consecutive win in the tournament. So let us know which great record Zimbabwe set with this victory.
In the match, Sri Lanka batted first and scored 178/7 runs on the board in 20 overs. Zimbabwe came out for run chase and won by scoring 182/4 runs in 19.3 overs.
This was the second highest successful run chase against Sri Lanka in the history of T20 World Cup. The first biggest successful run chase in the list is 190 runs, which was done by England in the 2014 tournament. In this way Zimbabwe created a great record by defeating Sri Lanka.
Second largest chase of the stadium
Along with this, it was also the second biggest successful chase of T20 International at R Premadasa Stadium. The biggest successful chase at the ground is 215 runs, which was done by Bangladesh in the 2018 Nidahas Trophy. In this way, Zimbabwe killed two birds with one stone and got its name written on another big record.
Zimbabwe’s fifth win against full member in T20 World Cup
vs Australia, Cape Town, 2007
vs Ireland, Hobart, 2022
vs Pakistan, Perth, 2022
vs Australia, Colombo RPS, 2026
vs Sri Lanka, Colombo RPS, 2026
Zimbabwe clash with India in Super-8
It is noteworthy that Zimbabwe did not lose any match in the group stage. The team won against Oman, against Australia and against Sri Lanka. The team’s third match (against Ireland) was canceled without the toss due to rain.
Zimbabwe played group stage matches in Sri Lanka. Now the team will play the Super-8 match on Indian soil. Zimbabwe will also face India in the Super-8. In the next stage i.e. Super-8, Zimbabwe has to play its first match against West Indies on 23 February, second against India on 26 February and third against South Africa on 01 May.