Sri Lanka wins second consecutive match, Dasun Shanaka equals Rohit Sharma's record

Sri Lanka secured its second consecutive win by defeating Oman in the 18th match of the T20 World Cup 2026, in the process, Dasun Shanaka equaled Rohit Sharma’s record in the T20 World Cup.​

Record-1 : Dasun Shanaka equals Rohit Sharma's record

Captain Shanaka has equalled Rohit Sharma's world record by scoring a half-century in just 19 balls. Rohit Sharma scored a half-century in 19 balls against Australia in the 2024 World Cup, which is the fastest half-century by any captain in the T20 World Cup. In addition, Shanaka has now become the first captain to score the fastest half-century in the T20 World Cup.

Record-2 : Sri Lanka’s second-biggest win by margin 

Sri Lanka has won a match by a margin of more than 100 runs for the second time in the history of the T20 World Cup. Earlier, Sri Lanka had won against Kenya by 172 runs in 2007. It is worth noting that India has never won by a margin of 100 or more runs in the T20 World Cup so far.

Record-3 : Fourth-highest score in T20 World Cup

Sri Lanka's score of 225 is the fourth-highest in the history of the T20 World Cup. Along with this, Sri Lanka has scored the highest score of this year by breaking the record of 213 runs scored by South Africa against Canada in this World Cup. The record of scoring the highest 260 runs in the T20 World Cup is also belongs to Sri Lanka.

Mohammad Nadeem is the oldest to score a fifty in any ICC tournament.

At 43 years and 161 days, Oman’s Mohammad Nadeem is the oldest to score a fifty in any ICC tournament. The previous oldest was the Netherlands' Flavian Aponso (43y 121d), who scored 58 against Pakistan in the 1996 men's ODI World Cup game. Nadeem's 52-ball fifty is also the joint-slowest at the men's T20 World Cup, alongside Mohammad Rizwan against Canada in 2024.