T20 World Cup | Pakan defeat Namibia to qualify for Super 8s: Here are the fixtures for the next round | Cricket News

2 min readUpdated: Feb 18, 2026 06:21 PM With Pakan qualifying for the Super 8s after defeating Namibia, the T20 World Cup finally got its 8th team on Wednesday. 7 teams had already qualified before with the Men in Green becoming the final team to reach the next stage alongside teams like South Africa, India, Zimbabwe, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, West Indies and England.
After posting 199 courtesy of a century opener Sahibzada Farhan, Pakan skittled out Namibia for just 97 runs at the SSC Stadium in Colombo with Usman Tariq taking 4 wickets for just 16 runs.
How did the other teams qualify?
India qualified for the Super 8s after their win against Pakan on February 15 while South Africa went into the next round after defeating New Zealand on February 14. Zimbabwe qualified after defeating Australia in a shocking upset and then getting one point after their match against Ireland was washed out.
As for New Zealand, they went into the next round after defeating Canada on February 17 while England stuttered into the Super 8s after winning a close match against Italy on February 16. Co-hosts Sri Lanka made it into the next round after defeating Australia in a straight shoot out on February 16 as well while the West Indies comfortably sailed into the Super 8s after winning all their first 3 matches.
What are the matches of the Super 8s?

Team
Venue
Date

New Zealand vs Pakan
R Premdasa Stadium, Colombo
Feb 21

England vs Sri Lanka
Pallekele International Stadium, Pallekele
Feb 22

India vs South Africa
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Feb 22

Zimbabwe vs West Indies
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Feb 23

England vs Pakan
Pallekele International Stadium, Pallekele
Feb 24

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka
R Premdasa Stadium, Colombo
Feb 25

West Indies vs South Africa
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Feb 26

India vs Zimbabwe
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Feb 26

England vs New Zealand
R Premdasa Stadium, Colombo
Feb 27

Pakan vs Sri Lanka
 Pallekele International Stadium, Pallekele
Feb 28

Zimbabwe vs South Africa
Arun Jaitley stadium, New Delhi
Mar 1

India vs West Indies
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Mar 1