Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe T20I: The Sri Lanka Asia Cup was in bad condition before 2025. Sri Lanka was reported on Saturday on the shameful page of history. In the second T20 international match against Zimbabwe in Hare, the team scored their second lowest score. With this, Sri Lanka became the lowest all -out score as a country playing country against Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe scored only 80 runs to Sri Lanka and chased the target and won the match by 5 wickets in advance. Now the range between the two countries is equal to 1-1.
Zimbabwe captain Alexander Raza won the toss and decided to bowl first and the decision immediately proved effective. The blessing Mujarbani gave Zimbabwe an early success by firing Kusal Mendis on the first ball of his first over. Sri Lanka’s problems increased from here. After this, the visitor’s team continuously lost wickets. Nuwanidu Fernando became the second victim of Mujarbani and was fired by Evans. Sri Lanka crashed badly inside the powerplay. In the seventh over, captain Raza pushed Sri Lanka to 38/5 by LBW to Kamindu Mendis.
Dasun Shanka and Charit Aska raised some hope by adding 26 runs, but Sean Williams broke the partnership by firing Shanka on the top-year. There was a brief struggle for the lower order and took a score from 66/8 to 79/8, but soon the Dushan Hemantha participated. The innings ended in the 18th over, when Mahesh Fasna played a short ball of Brad Evans with the wrong time and Raza completed the catch. Raza was a hero in bowling for Zimbabwe. He took 3 wickets for just 11 runs in four overs, while Brad Evans took 3 wickets for 15 runs in 2.4 overs.
Zimbabwe won the match by 5 wickets
Chasing the target, Zimbabwe’s opener Brian Bennett (19) Marman (17) started a little, but was in trouble after losing 3 wickets for 27 runs. But Ryan Berl (20*) and Tashinga Masikiva (21*) won Zimbabwe in a brilliant partnership for the fifth wicket. Zimbabwe won by 84/5 runs in 14.2 overs. For Sri Lanka, the enemy Chamera took 3 wickets for 19 runs in four overs.
Zimbabwe’s Best win against the full member team
Zimbabwe is the most wonderful performance against the full member country in T20 International. In early April 2021, he scored 99 runs to Pakistan on the same field. Zimbabwe has previously fired collaborative countries at a low score. Zimbabwe has earlier fired collaborative countries on low scores, including Gambia (54), Mozambique (56), Rwanda () 2) and Canada (75), but this is its biggest achievement against the top -level team.
Minimum Allout Score of Full Member Teams against Zimbabwe
Sri Lanka: 80 runs, losers, 6 September 2025
Pakistan: 99 runs, loser, 23 April 2021
India: 102 runs, toils, July 2024
Ireland: 114 runs, Lost, 12 January 2023
Ireland: 119 runs, brady, 4 September 2021
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