Lucknow: The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 is witnessing an exciting match with every passing day. Yesterday, the sixth match of this tournament was played between Sri Lanka and Ireland at R.K. Colombo, Colombo. Played at Premanand Stadium, in which once again Ireland had to face defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka, batting first, had given a target of 164 runs to Ireland, in response to which the Irish team collapsed to just 146 runs.

How was the Sri Lanka vs Ireland match?

Let us tell you that on February 8, R. of Colombo. Ireland won the toss and decided to bowl at the Premanand Stadium. In response, Sri Lanka, who came to bat in an attempt to get off to a fast start, soon lost its first wicket when Pathum Nishanka was out after scoring 24 runs in 23 balls. After this, the pace of runs slowed down considerably and Sri Lanka lost 4 of its batsmen in reaching the score of 100 runs. However, in the last 4 overs, the powerful pair of Kamindu Mendis and Kushal Mendis added important and fast runs for their team. During this, while Kamindu Mendis scored 44 runs in just 19 balls with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes, Kushal Mendis played an unbeaten half-century of 56 runs in 42 balls with the help of 5 fours. Thanks to this innings of both, the Sri Lankan team was successful in setting the target of 164 runs for Ireland at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs.

In the first innings of this match, the dominance of Ireland’s bowlers was visible from the very beginning. In this match, George Dockrell and Barry McCarthy took 2-2 wickets for Ireland. Gareth Delaney and Mark Adair got 1-1 success.

Ireland, who came to chase the target of 164 runs given by Sri Lanka, got the initial blow in the form of captain Stirling, who was out after scoring just 6 runs. After this, the batsmen tried to control the team, but they had no success against the Sri Lankan bowlers and all of them fell one after the other. The result was that Ireland collapsed on the score of just 146 runs with one ball remaining. In this match, Mathisa Teekshana and Wanindu Hasaranga took 3 wickets each for Sri Lanka. Apart from this, Mathisa Pathirana took 2 wickets, while Dushmantha Chameera and Velagale got 1-1 success.

Scorecard – Sri Lanka vs Ireland, T20 World Cup 2026

Sri Lanka: 163/6 (20 overs)

Kushal Mendis – 56 runs

Kamindu Mendis – 44 runs

George Dockrell – 2 wickets

Barry McCarthy – 2 wickets

Ireland: 146/10 (19.5 overs)

Harry Tector – 40 runs

Ross Adair – 34 runs

Mahish Teekshana – 3 wickets

Vanindu Hasaranga – 3 wickets

Mathisa Pathirana – 2 wickets

Result

Sri Lanka defeated Ireland by 20 runs.

player of the match

Kamindu Mendis: In this match, Kamindu Mendis was the man of the match for Sri Lanka, who brought Sri Lanka out of difficult times. He played a brilliant inning of 44 runs in just 19 balls with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes.

FAQs – Who won the match yesterday? SL vs IRE, ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026

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