New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: Mitchell Santer’s NZ will take on Dasun Shanaka’s Sri Lanka in Colombo

NZ vs SL Live Cricket Score: New Zealand to take on Sri Lanka. (FILE photo)

New Zealand (NZ) vs Sri Lanka (SL) T20 World Cup Match Today Live Cricket Score Updates: Mitchell Santner’s Sri Lanka will lock horns with Dasun Shanaka’s Sri Lanka in game 46 of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2026 at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday. Host Sri Lanka has lost their opening Super 8 encounter, while New Zealand’s game against Pakistan was a washout.

While the hosts looked like world beaters in the group stage, they have now lost consecutive games in the tournament, coming at the end of the group stage against Zimbabwe and the first game of the Super 8, which was a proper mauling against England. The injuries to players regularly have not helped Sri Lanka in picking up a consistent lineup regularly.

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As per New Zealand, their main concern has been bowling, which is functional. They have tried various combinations in the ongoing tournament with reasonable success but nothing that has suggested the requirement of a World Cup winner. For the previous game against Pakistan, they included leg-spinner Ish Sodhi in the lineup, and at the same venue, the Blackcaps are expected to be unchanged.

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T20 World Cup Super 8s: Sri Lanka throw away golden chance to beat a still tentative England

Will Jacks and Phil Salt in action for England against Sri Lanka during T20 World Cup 2026 Super 8 game in Kandy. (PHOTO: AP)

England successfully defended a modest 146/9 to beat co-hosts Sri Lanka by 51 runs in their T20 World Cup Super 8 opener. Despite a sluggish pitch and a top-order wobble, Phil Salt (62) anchored the innings, before a clinical bowling performance—led by Will Jacks (3/22) and Jofra Archer—skittled the Lankans for just 95. (Read more from Venkata Krishna B)

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