knocks his off stump out of the ground with an immaculate yorker! Zimbabwe have wiped the floor with Sri Lanka in Rawalpindi. From the moment Bennett blistered his way through the Powerplay to Raza's runs and Ngarava's excellence, it is the team in red that has lit up the game. It is a chastening defeat for Sri Lanka, who remain winless on this miserable, miserable tour of Pakistan so far. It's a 67-run win for Sikandar Raza's men, and it's comfortably Zimbabwe's biggest over Sri Lanka in this format. One of the great Zimbabwe T20I performances
Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Match at Rawalpindi, Pakistan T20I Tri-Series, Nov 20 2025 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
2nd Match (N), Rawalpindi, November 20, 2025, Pakistan T20I Tri-Series
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Sikandar comes up to have a chat with Ramiz Raja. "As a captain you have to lead from the front. Once you see the team captain do all the right things, I need to set an example. Once I can have good work ethics, I feel everyone will follow. You want to be there when the chips are down and be prepared to do the dirty work for the team. If I'm trying, I feel my team is going to try.
"We've put ourselves in a decent position to get to the final. We know how good Sri Lanka are. A bad game can happen and I'm glad it happened against us!"
"I think the intent was not there from the beginning," Dasun Shanaka says. Credits Zimbabwe for being much better. "We cannot accept with the players and experience we've got [this batting performance]. Hopefully we can turn this around quickly."
Sikandar Raza is the player of the match, like he always is.
Hamza: "Oh Sri Lanka!! Ahead of a home world cup... you lost to ZIM in two countries..."
Hamza: "Oh Sri Lanka!! Ahead of a home world cup... you lost to ZIM in two countries..."
So Zimbabwe are now top of the points table thanks to this huge win, and absolutely boss the net run rate. Sri Lanka will have to up their game to stand a chance of crawling back into finals contention
Thabani Ncube : "It's rare to see people thanking the guys who take their time to write the commentary for us Thank you guys. You're so good that we feel like we are in the stadium watching the game Without you the game is useless " Pleasure's all ours, Thabani
end of over 201 run • 1 wicket
SL: 95/10CRR: 4.75Â
Nuwan Thushara1 (9b)
Brad Evans 4-0-9-3
Richard Ngarava 4-0-15-2
19.6
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Evans to Theekshana, OUT
Maheesh Theekshana b Evans 8 (16b 1x4 0x6) SR: 50
Uzair jamal: "My question is at the point where the team has completely lost the game what do the batsman talk about in the middle because we see them talking alot"
19.5
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Evans to Theekshana, no run
heaved to deep cover and he refuses another single
19.4
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Evans to Theekshana, no run
whipped to fine leg and Theekshana decides he needs to keep the strike. I'm not sure why
19.3
1
Evans to Thushara, 1 run
hoicks it up into the air. Should have been an easy catch for Raza but he lost it on the lights. Then it should have been a run out, but Raza misses the direct hit. Zim still haven't closed it out
19.2
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Evans to Thushara, no run
short ball, and Thushara took his eye off this completely, fending it straight up into the air. Fortunately for him, it plugged in no man's land
19.1
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Evans to Thushara, no run
seams away from the off stump and away from the outside edge
Ahmad Waqas: "Believe me, this Zimbabwe team is very much capable to stun the hosts, too, who are not on top of their game themselves!" They weren't too far away on Tuesday
end of over 194 runs
SL: 94/9CRR: 4.94 • RRR: 69.00 • Need 69 runs from 6b
Maheesh Theekshana8 (13b 1x4)
Nuwan Thushara0 (6b)
Richard Ngarava 4-0-15-2
Graeme Cremer 4-0-17-1
18.6
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Ngarava to Theekshana, no run
back of a length rears up and there's nearly another mix-up. Final over to come up before Zimbabwe can celebrate their win
Ran: "Zim have come a long way. Even without Mazarabani they have skittles out Sri Lanka for a very low score !"
18.5
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Ngarava to Theekshana, FOUR runs
smeared in front of cover on the off side. Agricultural hoick with a flat bat but he catches it out of the middle and it races away
18.4
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Ngarava to Theekshana, no run
another one that;s banged in short, and Theekshana watches it through to the keeper
18.3
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Ngarava to Theekshana, no run
in the blockhole, he gives it a whack but it goes straight to mid-off
18.2
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Ngarava to Theekshana, no run
another short delivery from around the wicket, Theekshana lets it go
18.1
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Ngarava to Theekshana, no run
end of over 181 run
SL: 90/9CRR: 5.00 • RRR: 36.50 • Need 73 runs from 12b
Nuwan Thushara0 (6b)
Maheesh Theekshana4 (7b)
Graeme Cremer 4-0-17-1
Brad Evans 3-0-8-2
17.6
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Cremer to Thushara, no run
defends back to the bowler
17.5
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Cremer to Thushara, no run
defends it to midwicket
17.4
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Cremer to Thushara, no run
lovely bowling once more. Drifting in and then spinning away
17.3
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Cremer to Thushara, no run
tosses it up again and he defends
17.2
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Cremer to Thushara, no run
googly beats Thushara all ends up. Raps him on the pads
17.1
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Cremer to Theekshana, 1 run
gives it a bit of air, worked it into the offside to get himself up the other end
end of over 175 runs • 1 wicket
SL: 89/9CRR: 5.23 • RRR: 24.66 • Need 74 runs from 18b
Nuwan Thushara0 (1b)
Maheesh Theekshana3 (6b)
Brad Evans 3-0-8-2
Graeme Cremer 3-0-16-1
16.6
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Evans to Thushara, no run
uncertain defensive jab from Thushara
16.5
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Evans to Malinga, OUT
another short delivery, and Malinga is hopelessly ill-equipped to deal with it. Gets a top edge and it's the simplest of catches for Cremer. He's had two easy catches today, nice way to ease back into cricket after a few years out
Eshan Malinga c Cremer b Evans 1 (6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 16.66
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Win Probability
ZIMÂ 100%
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Over 20 • SL 95/10
Maheesh Theekshana b Evans 8 (16b 1x4 0x6) SR: 50
Zimbabwe won by 67 runsW
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