Overview
- Captain Sikandar Raza confirmed before the Australia match that 40-year-old Brendan Taylor is out for the tournament after a right hamstring injury sustained against Oman on February 9.
- The ICC Event Technical Committee approved top-order batter Ben Curran as Taylor’s squad replacement, in line with tournament rules for injury substitutions.
- Curran has played eight Tests and eight ODIs for Zimbabwe but has yet to make his T20I debut, arriving after strong recent domestic T20 returns.
- With Taylor unavailable, Tadiwanashe Marumani kept wicket and Tony Munyonga entered the XI, while Richard Ngarava was rested as a precaution and Graeme Cremer managed split webbing.
- Zimbabwe defeated Australia by 23 runs in Colombo to move to two wins from two in Group B, strengthening their push for a Super 8 berth.