By Admin 
In the 7th match of the Women’s T20 World Cup, Sri Lanka defeated New Zealand by 5 wickets. New Zealand had made a good start defending 150 runs, Sri Lanka had lost 4 wickets at the score of 55. It seemed that New Zealand women’s team had established its hold in this match, but then the half-century partnership between Kavisha Dilhari and Neelakshi de Silva made the match exciting. Kaushani Nuthyangana, who came after the breakup of this pair, played an important role in this victory by scoring 24 runs in 14 balls.
This is the first time in the World Cup that Sri Lanka has defeated New Zealand. Neelakshi Silva scored unbeaten 54 runs in 37 balls with the help of 1 six and 5 fours. Kaushani scored 24 not out, the winning run came from his bat. Earlier, Sri Lankan captain Chamari Atapattu had played a good inning of 27 runs in 19 balls, in which she hit 1 six and 4 fours. Neelakshi received the Player of the Match award.
New Zealand lost the second consecutive match
This is New Zealand’s second consecutive defeat in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026. Earlier, the team had lost to West Indies by 7 wickets in its first match. After this defeat, New Zealand has slipped from fourth to fifth place in the points table of Group B. The net run rate of the team is in minus (-0.200).
This is the first victory of the Sri Lankan team in this edition. In the first match, Sri Lanka lost to host England by 87 runs. With this victory, Sri Lanka has reached fourth position in the points table with 2 points and a net run rate of -2.040.
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Earlier, New Zealand had won the toss and decided to bat first. Due to good bowling, Sri Lanka restricted New Zealand to 150 runs. New Zealand captain Amelia Kerr and Sophie Devine scored 45-45 runs.
Kavita Dilhari took maximum 2 wickets for 34 runs in 4 overs. Mithali, Sugandika, Atapattu and Nimasha got 1 success each.
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