Summary

  • T20 World Cup Super 8s, Group 2, Pallekele

  • Pakistan eliminated and New Zealand seal semi-final spot as Sri Lanka pass 148 in their chase

  • Pakistan post 212-8 with Farhan making 100 and putting on record-breaking 176 with Fakhar for first wicket

  • Farhan breaks record for most runs (383) in single edition of men's T20 World Cup

  • Pakistan drop Babar, Ayub and Mirza for Nafay, Naseem and Abrar

  • Sri Lanka, who already eliminated, win toss and bowl

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Elizabeth Botcherby & Timothy Abraham

  1. Pak 69-0

    One-bounce four for Fakhar Zaman.

    Once again he skips down - to Maheesh Theekshana on his occasion - and times it superbly with a thrash over extra cover.

  2. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    It's been a strange tournament for Pakistan. They don't really deserve to qualify. The pressure is on them but they're motoring.

    Pakistan had to make team changes but why has it come down to this? Why not two games ago? Why's it taken so long?

  3. Pakistan 64-0 at drinks

    Pakistan making a decent fist of putting a total on the board here.

  4. Aatif Nawaz
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    That's comfortably Pakistan's best powerplay of the tournament.

  5. Pak 64-0

    Dasun Shanaka mops the ball on his brow.

    The penultimate ball of the over is short from the Sri Lanka captain and Sahibzada Farhan flashes a cut through point.

    Dilshan Madushanka puts in a leap but cannot cling on.

  6. How's stat?!

    Sahibzada Farhan of Pakistan plays a shot during the ICC Men's T20 World Cup India & Sri Lanka 2026 Super 8 match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at Pallekele Cricket StadiumGetty Images

    Sahibzada Farhan has now scored the most runs in a single edition of a men's T20 World Cup:

    • Sahibzada Farhan (Pakistan, 2026) - 323* runs
    • Virat Kohli (India, 2014) - 319
    • Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka, 2009) - 317
    • Babar Azam (Pakistan, 2021) - 303
    • Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka, 2010) - 302

  7. Prakash Wakankar
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    Predictable is the one thing you don't want to be, especially when you've got batters like Sahibzada Farhan and Fakhar Zaman.

  8. Pak 55-0

    Sahibzada Farhan effortlessly pulls Dasun Shanaka round the corner for four.

    Pakistan's highest opening partnership in this T20 World Cup.

  9. Pak 51-0

    A decent comeback from Dushmantha Chameera. Still, a great start from Pakistan.

    Anything at 10s and above will give them a chance given the net run-rate scenario.

  10. Prakash Wakankar
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    I'm very surprised - if you notice the way the Indian bowlers and English bowlers bowl to Pakistan, they use the short ball interspersed with bumpers.

    We haven't seen a single one yet even though the square boundaries are longer at Pallekelle than the straight ones.

    Chameera has got to do something with his length - too many in the slot.

  11. 6 runs

    Pak 48-0

    Sahibzada Farhan with a bit of bottom hand to hammer Dushmantha Chameera over long-on for six.

    Chameera is then a little too full with his next delivery and Farhan goes deep in the crease and drills it for four.

    Pakistan have made a flying start here.

  12. Prakash Wakankar
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    This will be the key - Theekshana's bowling. He caused a lot of problems for England's batters and then fell away in that last over against New Zealand.

    We've seen many games turn in the last six, seven overs of the second innings. You can't say that a game's done and dusted anywhere in the 40 overs.

  13. SL 38-0

    Maheesh Theekshana is into the attack for Sri Lanka.

    He's got a few different deliveries up his sleeve but offers up something a little too short midway through the over and Sahibzada Farhan crisply cuts him away for four.

    Fakhar Zaman is down the pitch to his penultimate delivery, opens his body, and pummels a 94-metre six.

  14. Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Getting through these opening overs without losing wickets is absolutely key for Pakistan.

  15. Pak 26-0

    Dilshan Madushanka. comes back well for Sri Lanka with three dots.

    Positive intent from Pakistan.

  16. Prakash Wakankar
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    Pakistan have to win the powerplay. They have to lay the foundations to allow the stroke-makers to build on it.

    They need 180-200. Anything less than 170 will be tough.

  17. Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Farhan is taking a liking to this from Madushanka.

  18. 6 runs

    Pak 26-0

    Sahibzada Farhan skips down to Dilshan Madushanka.and meets the ball on the half-volley, powerfully striking the first ball of the over for four.

    A couple of balls later Farhan picks up a slower ball from Madushanka, backs away, and drives over the long-off boundary for six.

  19. Pak 16-0

    Dushmantha Chameera with the second over for Sri Lanka.

    Sahibzada Farhan opens his boundary account off the fifth ball by deftly opening the face and guiding the ball behind point for four.

  20. Prakash Wakankar
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    Sahibzada Farhan of Pakistan plays a shot during the ICC Men's T20 World Cup India & Sri Lanka 2026 Super 8 match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at Pallekele Cricket StadiumGetty Images

    What will be going through the minds of the two Pakistani openers? Farhan will have to take the lead, take the bull by the horns and smash not just a quick, but a long total to give Pakistan the opportunity of putting the runs on.

    The challenge is because we've seen these games in Pallekelle being low-scoring, the margin of 64 runs is a challenge. Pakistan will have to do something a little bit different to get those runs.