The Super-8 match of the T20 World Cup 2026 was played between Sri Lanka and New Zealand on Wednesday at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. New Zealand registered a spectacular victory in the match by 61 runs. Pakistan got a big shock with this victory. At the same time, New Zealand has further strengthened its claim for the semi-finals. So let us know how the entire equation of the semi-finals is now.

Pakistan got a shock due to Sri Lanka’s defeat

Pakistan has suffered a huge blow due to Sri Lanka’s defeat against New Zealand present in Group-2. For Pakistan to reach the semi-finals without any interruption, the Kiwis needed to lose both their remaining matches. But now New Zealand has won a match, with which it has become difficult for Pakistan to reach the semi-finals.

With the defeat, the Sri Lankan team was eliminated. If we look at Group-2, now the race to reach the semi-finals is left between New Zealand and Pakistan. England has already made it to the semi-finals.

Pakistan out after New Zealand’s victory

Both New Zealand and Pakistan have played 2-2 matches. After this, New Zealand has 3 points and Pakistan has only 1 point. In such a situation, if both the teams win their last match, then New Zealand will qualify with 5 points, while Pakistan will be eliminated with only 3 points.

Pakistan hopes from New Zealand’s defeat

New Zealand has to play the last match against England. If Kiwi team loses this match. On the other hand, Pakistan defeats Sri Lanka in its last match. In this situation, Pakistan and New Zealand will have 3 points each and the decision will be taken on the basis of net run rate. Now it will be interesting to see who becomes the second team from Group 2 to enter the semi-finals. The thing to note is that New Zealand will not have to depend on anyone to reach the semi-finals.

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Harry Brook scored a historic century against Pakistan on Tuesday, with the help of which England made a comeback in the match after a bad start and won. With this victory, England has become the first team to secure its place in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2026. Batting first, Pakistan scored 164 runs in 20 overs. England had reached the threshold of victory with Brook’s century, but after his dismissal the match again became exciting. Although in the end England won.

Harry Brook made a world record

The first edition of the T20 World Cup took place in the year 2007, which was won by the Indian team under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. Currently, the 10th edition of the tournament is going on, but before Brook, no captain had ever scored a century in this tournament. Harry Brook has become the first captain in the world to score a century in the T20 World Cup.

Captain Harry Brook, who came to bat at number three, had to come to the crease on the very second ball of the innings, because Shaheen Shah Afridi had dismissed Phil Salt on the very first ball. After this Jos Buttler also got out after scoring 2 runs. Jacob Bethal scored 8 runs and Tom Banton walked out after scoring 2 runs. When England lost 4 wickets at the score of 58, it seemed that Pakistan would win the match.

Brook made a partnership of 45 runs with Sam Curran (16) for the fifth wicket and a partnership of 52 runs with Will Jacques (28) for the sixth wicket. Harry Brook scored 100 runs in 51 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 10 fours.

England’s semi-final ticket confirmed

England had defeated Sri Lanka in the first match of Super-8. By defeating Pakistan, England has reached the semi-finals of T20 World Cup 2026. England will face New Zealand in the last match of Super-8.

The Indian team had to face defeat against South Africa in the Super-8 of T20 World Cup 2026. Last Sunday (22 February) in the match played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Africa defeated India by 76 runs. This was the first match of Men in Blue in Super-8, in which after the defeat, the sword is seen hanging as the team reaches the semi-finals. So let us know how Team India under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav can reach the semi-finals from here.

Now the Indian team has to play the next two matches in Super-8 against Zimbabwe on 26 February and against West Indies on 01 March. To keep the hopes of semi-finals alive, Surya Brigade will first have to win both their remaining matches. Only after this can any equation show them the path to the semi-finals.

What is the equation?

The equation for the Indian team to reach the semi-finals is such that South Africa wins its remaining two matches. In this way, the Indian team can go ahead of the other two teams of the group i.e. Zimbabwe and West Indies.

Net run rate will be important

After losing the first match against Africa, India’s net run rate has deteriorated significantly and has reached -3.800. In such a situation, Team India will have to win the remaining two matches by a big margin, so that in future there will be no problem due to net run rate. If the Indian team reaches such a situation where the points of the two teams are equal and the decision is taken on the basis of net run rate, then the Men in Blue will benefit.

What would be the equation with a win?

On the other hand, if the Indian team wins one of the remaining two matches of the Super-8, then it will be almost impossible for them to reach the semi-finals. Now it will be interesting to see how the Indian team wins the remaining 2 matches.

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