2014 Champions Sri Lanka Knocked Out of T20 World Cup Super 8 Stage

Colombo. Sri Lanka, the 2014 champions, have been eliminated from the Super 8 stage of the ICC T20 World Cup. Their journey to the semi-finals came to a complete halt after they were defeated by New Zealand by a massive margin of 61 runs in their second match on Wednesday.

Batting first, New Zealand set a competitive total of 168 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in their allotted 20 overs. Mitchell Santner was the top scorer for New Zealand with 47 runs off 26 balls, while Rachin Ravindra contributed 32 and Cole McConchie remained unbeaten on 31.