Sri Lanka Knocked Out of T20 World Cup After Heavy Defeat to New Zealand

Colombo. Host Sri Lanka has been eliminated from the T20 World Cup. New Zealand defeated Sri Lanka by 61 runs in the sixth Super-8 match held on Wednesday night.

Sri Lanka won the toss at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo and chose to bowl first. Batting first, New Zealand scored 168 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in their allotted 20 overs.

Chasing a target of 169, the Sri Lankan team managed only 107 runs for the loss of 8 wickets after playing the full 20 overs. New Zealand's Rachin Ravindra was declared the 'Player of the Match' for his excellent performance in the game.

Stats and Trivia from this match:

0.346: Sri Lanka's win-loss ratio in men's T20 Internationals at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Sri Lanka has won 9 out of 35 T20 matches played here, losing 26. This is the second-worst record among teams that have played 15 or more matches at a single venue. The worst record belongs to the UAE, which has a ratio of 0.214, having won 3 and lost 14 out of 17 matches played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

2014: The last year Sri Lanka reached the semi-finals of the men's T20 World Cup. Sri Lanka won the World Cup title that year.

1: Rachin Ravindra became the first New Zealand player to score more than 30 runs and take 4 wickets in a single T20 International match. Overall, he is the fourth player to achieve this feat in the men's T20 World Cup. 84: The partnership runs between Mitchell Santner and Cole McConchie for the seventh wicket. This is the highest partnership for the seventh wicket or lower in the men's T20 World Cup to date. Previously, Michael Hussey and Steven Smith of Australia had a partnership of 74 runs for the seventh wicket against Bangladesh in 2010.

70: Runs New Zealand scored in the death overs (17th to 20th over). This is jointly the highest number of runs scored by New Zealand in the death overs in men's T20 Internationals. Previously, New Zealand scored 70 runs in the death overs against West Indies in 2020 and against Scotland in 2022. This is also jointly the fourth-highest number of runs scored by any team in the death overs in the history of the men's T20 World Cup. In this edition, Ireland holds the record for the highest death-over score with 86 runs against Oman.

1: Mitchell Santner became the first New Zealand player to complete 1000 runs and 100 wickets in T20 Internationals. He is the eighth player overall in world cricket to achieve this milestone.

20/2: Sri Lanka's score in the powerplay (first 6 overs). This is the lowest score recorded by any team in the powerplay in the ongoing World Cup. Previously, Nepal's score of 22-3 against West Indies was the lowest powerplay score. Furthermore, this is the second-lowest score by Sri Lanka in the powerplay in men's T20 Internationals. Previously, Sri Lanka's situation was 18-3 at the end of the powerplay against India in Dharamshala in 2022.

30: The total number of overs bowled by spinners in this match. This is the second-highest number of overs bowled by spinners in a single men's T20 World Cup match. Previously, spinners bowled a maximum of 31 overs in the match between Pakistan and India held in Colombo in this same tournament.

Out of these 30 overs, New Zealand's spinners bowled 17 overs alone. This is jointly the highest number of overs bowled by New Zealand spinners in a single T20 International match. Previously, they bowled 17 overs against India in Lucknow in 2023. – ESPNcricinfo