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

Jiten Ramanandi to Pavan Rathnayake, out Bowled!! That's the end of Rathnayake's show for today - change of pace and that works wonders for Ramanandi - rolled his fingers across the seam and kept it straight - Rathnayake went right across on the lap sweep, missed it completely and the leg-stump takes a beating. End of a superb innings though, he's put Sri Lanka firmly on the front-foot as the players take drinks. Pavan Rathnayake b Jiten Ramanandi 60(28) [4s-8 6s-1]

Jiten Ramanandi to Pavan Rathnayake, 2 runs, just short of deep cover - pitched up and pushed across the right-hander, Rathnayake played with a slightly open face on the lofted drive. The fielder in the deep ran to his right, but he can only get it on the bounce

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

Jiten Ramanandi to Pavan Rathnayake, 1 run, on a good length and at the stumps - Rathnayake prods across and tucks it through mid-wicket for a single

Jiten Ramanandi to Pavan Rathnayake, SIX, clubbed, on a length and at the stumps - Rathnayake stays deep in the crease and then swings it high over square leg - the fielder in the deep can only watch the ball sail over him

Jiten Ramanandi to Pavan Rathnayake, 1 run, a cheeky lap from Rathnayake - shuffled right across and was early into the shot, toe-ends it to the on-side for a single

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

Wasim Ali to Pavan Rathnayake, FOUR, Rathnayake took full advantage of the free hit, stepping down the pitch to smash the ball straight over the bowler’s head. The fielder at long-on made a desperate dive to stop it, but the power of the shot carried the ball over the rope for four

Wasim Ali to Pavan Rathnayake, no ball, 1 run, Wasim has over-stepped. Looks like his heal was in the air over the line. Full delivery on middle, driven down to the off-side. Free-hit coming up

Wasim Ali to Pavan Rathnayake, 2 runs, great batting this. Boundary followed by a drop to the on-side with soft hands. Risk free runs

Wasim Ali to Pavan Rathnayake, FOUR, Rathnayake waits for the ball and cuts it late to split the gap between backward point and short third man. Collects four more

Wasim Ali to Pavan Rathnayake, 2 runs, these two are making running look so effortless. Clipped to the on-side and they set off for two. Get with ease as the fielder on the leg-side and waiting on the boundary

Wasim Ali to Pavan Rathnayake, no run, 80.8ks, slow and lopped outside off, pushed to cover

Nadeem Khan to Pavan Rathnayake, 1 run, Rathnayake walks across a long way and drives the full and wide delivery down to long-off

Nadeem Khan to Pavan Rathnayake, 1 run, 91.8ks fuller delivery on off, Rathnayake gets to the pitch of the ball with a little shimmy and drives it to long-off

Wasim Ali to Pavan Rathnayake, 1 run, driven down to long-off

Nadeem Khan to Pavan Rathnayake, no run, nicely tossed up outside off, knocked to cover

Nadeem Khan to Pavan Rathnayake, 2 runs, Nadeem gets away with a loopy full toss outside off. Rathnayake skips down the track and hits it wide of long-off

Nadeem Khan to Pavan Rathnayake, 1 run, much fuller from Nadeem. Bunted down to long-off

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