{"id":59096,"date":"2026-02-13T09:31:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T09:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/?p=59096"},"modified":"2026-02-13T09:31:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T09:31:45","slug":"first-t20-world-cup-upset-zimbabwe-stuns-australia-by-23-runs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/?p=59096","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;First T20 World Cup Upset: Zimbabwe Stuns Australia by 23 Runs&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a stunning start to the T20 World Cup, Zimbabwe pulled off a major upset by defeating Australia by 23 runs. Remarkably, this is the second time Zimbabwe has beaten Australia in a T20 World Cup match, having also caused an upset against them back in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe put on a spectacular batting display, scoring 169 runs for the loss of just 2 wickets. Brian Bennett starred with an unbeaten 64, anchoring the innings.<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s chase never got going, with only Matt Renshaw making a meaningful contribution of 65 runs, while the rest of the lineup struggled.<\/p>\n<p>With this win, Zimbabwe\u2019s chances of advancing to the Super 8 stage have significantly improved, while Australia now faces pressure to win their remaining two matches, including a tough contest against Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a stunning start to the T20 World Cup, Zimbabwe pulled off a major upset by defeating Australia by 23 runs. Remarkably, this is the second time Zimbabwe has beaten &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/?p=59096\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-sports","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59096"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59098,"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59096\/revisions\/59098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/59097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.jeeveypakistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}