Sri Lanka vs Ireland T20 World Cup live score: SL take on IRE in Colombo.Sri Lanka vs Ireland T20 World Cup 2026 Live Cricket Score Updates: Co-hosts Sri Lanka will start their T20 World Cup campaign against Ireland on Sunday, hoping to begin their journey on a positive note. The Lankans will be hoping to wash the bad taste of losing 0-3 to England in their World Cup tune-up series while the Irish will look to strike while the iron is still hot.
In recent times, the 2014 champions Sri Lanka have been pretty inconsistent with the most recent example being their inability to fire with both the bat and the ball. They are in a tricky group with Australia, Ireland, Zimbabwe and Oman and while you would expect the first to teams to qualify for the next stage, the World Cap has a tendency to throw up surprises now and then.
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Ireland, meanwhile, will hope that the luck of the Irish smiles upon them as they look to cause the first proper upset of this World Cup. They have been in good form with series wins against UAE and Italy and will likely carry that momentum forward against Sri Lanka.
T20 World Cup 2026 Group B; Zimbabwe, Si Lanka, Australia, Ireland and Oman will compete in the same group. (AP/Reuters/File Photo)
T20 World Cup 2026 Group B: Check out full schedule, squads, venues of Australia, Sri Lanka, Ireland, Oman, Zimbabwe
Wounded by a massive 0-3 defeat to Pakistan in Lahore, Australia enter the tournament with an injury-ravaged side that is still not short on batting firepower. However, with their relative weakness against spin coming to the fore, it will be interesting to see how Australia contend with the challenges in this group.
Interestingly, all matches in this group will be played exclusively in Sri Lanka. The matches will be held across the three designated venues: the R Premadasa Stadium and thr SSC Cricket Ground in Colombo and the Pallekele Cricket Stadium in Kandy.
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