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T20 World Cup 2026: The fight to reach the last four in the T20 World Cup is now on. England and South Africa are ripe. India is still fighting.
Calcutta : India cruised to a resounding 72-run victory over Zimbabwe in their second match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 Super 8 phase at Chennai on Thursday (February 26). The match was held at MA Chidambaram Stadium.
Zimbabwe captain King of Sikandar India won the toss and invited India to bat first. captain Suryakumar YadavLed by India scored a huge 256 runs losing 4 wickets in 20 overs.
In reply, Zimbabwe stopped at 184/6 after going into bat. Zimbabwe opener Brian Bennett A brilliant innings of 97 runs was not enough to give the team victory. This win strengthened India’s position in the Super 8 phase.
A win over Zimbabwe kept India’s semi-final hopes alive. If India can beat the West Indies in their third Super 8 match, they will ICC T20 World Cup 2026will qualify for the semi-finals.
The match between India and West Indies is on Sunday (March 1) in Kolkata Eden Gardenswill be held at But if India lose to West Indies in the final Super 8 match, they will finish third in Group 1 points table and miss out on the semi-finals.
The West Indies will reach the semi-finals if the match between India and West Indies is abandoned due to rain in Kolkata on Sunday. In that case they will rise above India due to good net run rate. India’s net run rate after their win against Zimbabwe in Chennai is -0.100, while West Indies’ net run rate is +1.791.
India needed to beat Zimbabwe by more than 148 runs to go ahead of the West Indies, but they failed to do so.
From group 1 South Africa national cricket team Already reached the semi-finals. captain Eden MarkramIf the team can avoid defeat against Zimbabwe in Delhi on Sunday (March 1), they will top the points table.
How will New Zealand reach the semi-finals?
From Super 8 Group 2 England national cricket team Already qualified for the semi-finals. If New Zealand in Colombo on Friday (February 27). Harry Brookethey will also make it to the last four.
A win for New Zealand against England will end Pakistan’s hopes of reaching the semi-finals. But if New Zealand lose, Pakistan will have to beat Sri Lanka by a big margin, so that they can overtake New Zealand in terms of net run rate and reach the semi-finals.
Kolkata [Calcutta]Kolkata, West Bengal
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