ISLAMABAD (Sapeher Times) The crucial match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the Super 8 stage of T20 World Cup 2026 will be played today, February 28, 2026 at 7:00 PM (local time) \/ 6:30 PM (Pakistan time) at the Pelekale International Cricket Stadium, Kandy. Pakistan not only has to win this match to remain in the race for the semi-finals but also improve its run rate. Pakistan has to beat Sri Lanka by 65 runs tomorrow to reach the semi-finals. If Sri Lanka bats first, Pakistan will have to chase the target and achieve the desired target in 13 overs.<\/p>\n
It should be noted that England has already qualified for the semi-finals. Sri Lanka is already out of the semi-final race. England defeated New Zealand in a thrilling encounter in the T20 World Cup 2026, after which Pakistan’s hopes of reaching the semi-finals remain alive. Pakistan can reach the semi-finals by defeating Sri Lanka by a large margin, otherwise New Zealand will reach the semi-finals with 3 points due to net run rate.,January 2026 (T20 series): Pakistan toured Sri Lanka where the 3-match series ended 1-1 (one match was washed out due to rain). Pakistan faced a close defeat against England in the Super 8s, while the match against New Zealand was inconclusive due to rain.
\nIn the match played in Colombo, England achieved the target of 160 runs set by New Zealand for the loss of 6 wickets in the last overs.
\nTom Benton was outstanding with 33 runs, Will Jacks played a match-winning innings of 32 runs off 18 balls, Rehan Ahmed was outstanding with 19 runs.
\nCaptain Harry Brook was dismissed for 26 runs, Phil Salt 2 and Jos Buttler returned to the pavilion without scoring any runs.
\nFor New Zealand, Rachan Ravindra took three wickets, Matt Henry and Lockie Ferguson took one wicket each.
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ISLAMABAD (Sapeher Times) The crucial match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the Super 8 stage of T20 World Cup 2026 will be played today, February 28, 2026 at 7:00 PM (local time) \/ 6:30 PM (Pakistan time) at the Pelekale International Cricket Stadium, Kandy. Pakistan not only has to win this match to remain […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":331666,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-331692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-63","category-pakistan-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sapeher.dailysapehertimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sapeher.dailysapehertimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sapeher.dailysapehertimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sapeher.dailysapehertimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sapeher.dailysapehertimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=331692"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sapeher.dailysapehertimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331693,"href":"https:\/\/sapeher.dailysapehertimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331692\/revisions\/331693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sapeher.dailysapehertimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/331666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sapeher.dailysapehertimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=331692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sapeher.dailysapehertimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=331692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sapeher.dailysapehertimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=331692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}