Zimbabwe defeated Australia. (Photo- GETTY)

AUS vs ZIM, T20 World Cup 2026: In the Group B match of the T20 World Cup played on 13 February 2026 at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Zimbabwe caused a major upset and defeated Australia. With this, Zimbabwe achieved its second consecutive win in the tournament. Before this he had also defeated Amon's team. This is Zimbabwe's second victory against Australia in the T20 World Cup. Earlier in the year 2007 also, Zimbabwe had made Australia a victim of upset.

Zimbabwe put a big score on the board

In this match, Australia won the toss and chose to bowl first. At the same time, Zimbabwe, batting first, scored 169 runs losing 2 wickets in 20 overs. During this, opener Brian Bennett played a brilliant inning of 64 unbeaten runs, during which he hit 7 fours. Whereas, Tadivanashe Marumani scored 35 runs on 21 balls. Ryan Burl scored 35 runs on 30 balls and captain Sikandar Raza scored unbeaten 25 runs on 13 balls to take the team to this score.

Australia was defeated cheaply

Australia had a very bad start while chasing the target of 170 runs. Four wickets fell in the power play itself and the score reached only 38 runs. Star batsmen like Josh Inglis, Cameron Green, Tim David and Travis Head were out early, which proved to be a big blow for Australia. Australia tried to make a comeback in the middle overs with a 77-run partnership between Matt Renshaw and Glenn Maxwell, but Zimbabwe made a comeback in the death overs and won the match. The Australian team was all out after scoring 146 runs in 19.3 overs and lost the match by 23 runs.

The heroes of this victory of Zimbabwe were fast bowlers Blessing Muzarabani and Brad Evans. Blessing Muzarabani spent only 17 runs in 4 overs and made 4 batsmen his victims. At the same time, Brad Evans took 3 wickets while giving 23 runs in 3.3 overs. Australian batting was a complete flop in front of these two bowlers. Wellington Masakadza and Ryan Burl also achieved 1-1 success. Let us tell you, in the history of T20 World Cup, only 2 matches have been played between these two teams and Zimbabwe has won both the times, which is a very shocking figure.

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