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Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, T20 World Cup: SL decimated again, Kiwis end their campaign with 61-run win – Action in Images
Published on Feb 25, 2026 11:41 pm IST
Sri Lanka fall to another heavy loss while chasing in the Super Eights stage, and are now no longer in the running to reach the semifinal.
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Sri Lanka's dream of ending a home World Cup campaign in style came crashing down in Colombo on another evening where the batting failed to show up. New Zealand scored 168, which proved to be enough on a slow and turning track at the Premadasa – and now qualification for the Lankans is mathematically impossible.(AFP)
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Sri Lanka had the early wins in the first innings, as they ensured the powerful Kiwi openers couldn't launch a big start. Finn Allen looked good but was removed by Maheesh Theekshana, before Tim Seifert fell soon after. A brief partnership followed, but the Kiwis collapsed from 75/2 to 84/6.(AP)
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Maheesh Theekshana helped Sri Lanka take control of the match with the key wickets of Rachin Ravindra and Mark Chapman in the same over. He finished with figures of 3/30.(AFP)
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Cole McConchie played a fluent cameo after coming in to replace James Neesham. He scored a quickfire 31*, and got the momentum flowing back in New Zealand's direction. The Kiwis ended up hammering 70 runs in the last four overs of the innings.(AP)
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Mitchell Santner turned up for his team with the bat, playing the rescue act and standing up as captain. Alongside McConchie, he hammered 4 sixes enroute to scoring 47(26) – an effort which pushed the Blackcaps to an above-par 168/7.(AP)
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Sri Lanka's chase saw a disastrous start as Matt Henry continued his trend of taking new-ball wickets. After shattering Pathum Nissanka's stumps with the very first ball of the innings, he also removed Charith Asalanka as the innings fell apart almost immediately.(AP)
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Rachin Ravindra proved to be the destroyer-in-chief for New Zealand through the middle overs, as his all-round talents came good in Colombo. After two identical stumpings in one over, he finished with figures of 4/27.(AFP)
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