Overview
- Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by nine wickets, cruising to 148/1 in 16.2 overs after a target of 147 in Rawalpindi.
- Pathum Nissanka struck an unbeaten 98 off 58 balls and moved past Kusal Perera to become Sri Lanka’s all-time leading T20I run-scorer.
- Zimbabwe chose to bat and reached 146/5, led by Sikandar Raza’s 37 and Ryan Burl’s 37*; Maheesh Theekshana and Wanindu Hasaranga took 2/23 each.
- Pakistan have already sealed a place in the Nov. 29 final; Sri Lanka must defeat the hosts on Thursday to qualify, otherwise Zimbabwe go through on net run-rate.
- The game was not televised in India and was available via the Sports TV YouTube live stream.