Watch AUS vs ZIM Highlights: Biggest Upset of T20 World Cup 2026
Today (13 February 2026) the T20 World Cup witnessed a major upset. Zimbabwe defeated Australia by 23 runs.
Zimbabwean displayed an amazing performance in this match played at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. This lady is very special in the match:
Australia v Zimbabwe Match Summary
Team
Score
Zimbabwe
169/2 (20 overs)
Australia
146 all out (19.3 overs)
Result
Zimbabwe won by 23 runs
AUS vs ZIM Key Highlights
Zimbabwe's Batting: Opener Brian Bennett played a brilliant innings of 64* runs. Captain Sikandar Raza scored 25* runs in 13 balls in the last over to take the score to 169.
Australia's Collapse: Chasing 170 runs, Australia had a very poor start. They lost 4 wickets in the powerplay itself (29/4).
Fighting Knock: Matt Renshaw raised hopes by scoring 65 runs, but wickets kept falling from the other end. Glenn Maxwell also scored 31 runs, but it was not enough.
Bowling Hero: Blessing Muzarabani took 4 wickets for 17 runs, completing his 100th T20I wicket. He was named Player of the Match.
This is Zimbabwe's second major victory against Australia in T20 World Cup history (the first was in 2007). This makes Australia's path to the Super 8s a little more difficult.
