Sri Lanka has become a victim of a shocking necklace before the Asia Cup 2025. In the second T20 match, Zimbabwe washed Sri Lanka by 5 wickets. With this, host Zimbabwe has equaled one by one in the T20 series and the series winner will be decided on 7 September. In this match, the Sri Lankan team was reduced to just 80 runs while playing first. In response, Zimbabwe won this match by 5 wickets with 34 balls remaining. This is just the second time that Zimbabwe has won Sri Lanka in a T20 match.

On the Zimbabwe Tour, the Sri Lankan team had set a hat -trick of victory. First he won both ODIs and won the ODI series 2–0. After that he also won the first T20 match by 4 wickets. The team’s morale can definitely fall with a sudden allout for 80 runs and a 5 -wicket defeat against Zimbabwe. That too exactly before the Asia Cup 2025.

When the Sri Lankan team came to bat first, she could not even play the entire 20 overs. Only 3 out of 11 batsmen could touch the double figure in terms of runs. Kamil Mishra was the top scorer of the team, who contributed 20 runs. For Zimbabwe, captain Sikander Raza and Brad Avans took three wickets each and Mujarbani took 2 and Sean Williams took one wicket.

Zimbabwe won by faltering

Zimbabwe may have won this match with 34 balls remaining, but his batsmen were also seen struggling. Zimbabwe had lost three wickets for 27 runs. In a low-scoring match, Brian Bennett and Ryan Berl’s 26-run small partnership contributed to Zimbabwe’s victory. Ryan returned unbeaten after scoring 20 runs.

Only second win over Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe have come face to face in T20 cricket history, out of which Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe have won 2 times. It is a matter of note for the Sri Lankan team that Zimbabwe has defeated him 2 times in the last four T20 matches.

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