By Admin 
In the 30th league match of T20 World Cup 2026, the teams of Australia and Sri Lanka are facing each other at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Pallekele. The Australian team, which came to bat first in the match, was all out for 181 runs in 20 overs. Captain Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head played half-century innings for the team. Whereas for Sri Lanka, Dushan Hemantha took maximum 3 wickets.
Let us tell you that after losing the last match against Zimbabwe, this is a do or die match for Australia. This is Australia playing its third match. In the last 2 matches, the Kangaroo team won one and lost the other. Now to keep the hopes of Super-8 alive, Australia will have to win this match.
Australia’s innings
In the match, Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bowl. Coming to bat first, Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head gave a great start to Australia and made a partnership of 104 runs (51 balls) for the first wicket. Thanks to this partnership, Australia touched the 100-run mark in just 8.1 overs without losing any wicket.
After this score, it seemed that the Kangaroo team would easily cross the 200-run mark, but after the fall of the first wicket, the team fell apart like a pack of cards.
Lost 9 wickets for just 77 runs
After losing the first wicket for 104 runs, the team lost the remaining 9 wickets for only 77 runs. In this way the team was all out for 181 runs. Apart from Marsh and Head, no other batsman of the team could cross the 30-run mark.
Sri Lankan bowling
Dushan Hemantha took maximum 3 wickets for Sri Lanka. During this he spent 37 runs in 4 overs. Apart from this, Dushmantha Chameera took 2 wickets in his account. Rest Mahish Teekshana, Dunith Vellalage and Kamindu Mendis took 1 wicket each.