Sri Lanka vs Oman, 16th Match, Group B, ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 - Player Highlights

Sufyan Mehmood to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, cracking shot, fuller length delivery and well outside off - Mendis backs away, opens the face of the bat and then drives it square over point, beats the fielder in the deep - 19 off the over

Sufyan Mehmood to Dasun Shanaka, 1 run, yorker length delivery outside off - Shanaka backs away, opens the face of the bat and runs it down to deep square - brings up a 19-ball fifty, the fastest in T20Is by a Sri Lankan player and it's Dasun Shanaka with the record

Sufyan Mehmood to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, on a good length and just outside off - Mendis shuffles across and can't beat short fine with the paddle

Sufyan Mehmood to Dasun Shanaka, 1 run, much better from Mehmood, very full and just outside off - squeezed backward of square on the off-side for a single

Sufyan Mehmood to Dasun Shanaka, SIX, this is carnage at Kandy, Shanaka comes down the pitch, makes room and then lifts it effortlessly over long-off - the timing is sweet and the ball sails away

Sufyan Mehmood to Dasun Shanaka, SIX, hammered, another full-toss and it's gone the distance - Shanaka backs away, frees his arms and then shovels the drive over wide long-on, brings up the 50-run stand

Sufyan Mehmood to Pavan Rathnayake, FOUR, 19 off the over, this is so easy for Rathnayake - shuffles right across, uses Mehmood's pace and laps it over short fine for a boundary

Sufyan Mehmood to Pavan Rathnayake, FOUR, lovely, on a length and just outside off - Rathnayake stays leg-sided, opens the face of the bat and then chips the drive over cover, bounces away to the ropes

Sufyan Mehmood to Pavan Rathnayake, FOUR, thumped, pitched up by Mehmood - Rathnayake leans forward and drives it on the rise, over the umpire's head and runs away to the boundary, brings up Pavan Rathnayake's maiden T20I fifty, also the 2nd fastest half-century by a SL player in WCs

Sufyan Mehmood to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, slower ball outside off - driven into the gap wide of cover for a single

Sufyan Mehmood to Kusal Mendis, 2 runs, full and at the stumps - whipped into the gap wide of mid-wicket and they come back for the second

Sufyan Mehmood to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, nicely played, on a good length and just outside off - Mendis shuffles across, gets inside the line, uses the pace on the ball and laps it over short fine for a boundary

Sufyan Mehmood to Pavan Rathnayake, 1 run, fuller length delivery on the pads, clipped backward of square on the on-side for a single

Sufyan Mehmood to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, on a good length and at the stumps, pushed down to long-on for a single

Sufyan Mehmood to Pavan Rathnayake, 1 run, short of a good length and well wide of off - Rathnayake goes hard on the cut and chops it down to long-off, brings up SL's 100

Sufyan Mehmood to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, fraction short and wide of off, cut away square on the off-side for a single

Sufyan Mehmood to Pavan Rathnayake, 1 run, on a good length and angling back into the right-hander - Rathnayake inside halves the drive to long-on

Sufyan Mehmood to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, short of a good length and at the stumps, punched down to long-on for a single

Sufyan Mehmood to Pavan Rathnayake, 2 runs, punched wide of long-on and the batters are quick to get back for a brace. Excellent running this. 16 runs coming off Sufyan's first over

Sufyan Mehmood to Pavan Rathnayake, FOUR, Sufyan is leaking runs in the final over of the powerplay. Short and wide outside off, doesn't have the pace to trouble Rathnayake. Waits for the ball and cuts it past backward point. Collects four more

Sufyan Mehmood to Pavan Rathnayake, FOUR, superb! Nice and full outside off, Rathnayake leans on the front foot and creams the drive through covers. All class written on that

Sufyan Mehmood to Pavan Rathnayake, 2 runs, Rathnayake gets across and wrists the length delivery to mid-wicket. Scampers back for a brace

Sufyan Mehmood to Pavan Rathnayake, FOUR, nice start for Rathnayake. Angled into the pads, Rathnayake flicks it down to short fine. No chance of stopping that

Sufyan Mehmood to Pathum Nissanka, out Lbw!! Nissanka departs. Sufyan gets the breakthrough off the very first ball in his spell. Bowls it a tad short, the ball skids and hits Nissanka on the back thigh as he was looking to swing across the line. Trapped in front of middle and Oman have a successful review. Players take a quick drinks break with this dismissal. Pathum Nissanka lbw b Sufyan Mehmood 13(11) [4s-2]