A third win equals Zimbabwe's best return at a T20 World Cup, though their three victories in 2022 including two in the initial group stage before the main contenders entered the competition.

Men's T20 World Cup, Group B, Colombo

Sri Lanka 178-7 (20 overs): Nissanka 62 (41)

Zimbabwe 182-4 (19.3 overs): Bennett 63* (48), Raza 45 (26)

Zimbabwe won by six wickets.

Zimbabwe finished top of Group B at the T20 World Cup after stunning England's next opponents Sri Lanka in a six-wicket victory in Colombo. Both sides were already guaranteed their place in the Super 8s but Zimbabwe, who did not qualify for the last T20 World Cup in 2024, progress unbeaten after completing a fine chase of 179 with three balls to spare.

Opener Brian Bennett, who is yet to be dismissed in the tournament, followed his score of 64 not out in the famous win over Australia last week with an unbeaten 63 to steer home the chase. He shared an opening stand of 69 with Tadiwanashe Marumani and, after Marumani fell for 34 and Ryan Burl 23, played the anchor role as captain Sikander Raza struck 45 from just 26 balls.

Raza and Tashinga Musekiwa fell in the penultimate over but, with eight runs needed from the last, Tony Munyonga emerged and hit a six before Bennett drove the winning runs through the covers.

Co-hosts Sri Lanka, who play England in both sides' Super 8s opener in Pallekele on Sunday, dropped catches and leaked boundaries with misfields. They were without injured bowler Matheesha Pathirana and fellow seamer Dushmantha Chameera, who was resting.

Pathum Nissanka, who also scored a fine century in Sri Lanka's win over Australia, continued his form with 62 from 44 balls in his side's 178-7.

Zimbabwe progress into a Super 8s group with co-hosts India, South Africa and West Indies. Their first match is on Monday in Mumbai against the Windies, who beat Italy earlier on Thursday to continue their unbeaten record.

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West Indies remain unbeaten after comfortable win over Italy Men's T20 World Cup, Group C, Kolkata

West Indies 165-6 (20 overs): Hope 75 (46); Kalugamage 2-25

Italy 123 (18 overs): B Manenti 26 (21); Forde 3-19, Joseph 4-30

West Indies won by 42 runs.

West Indies' Shamar Joseph became the first player to take four catches and four wickets in a single T20 international as his side beat Italy by 42 runs. Having already secured Super 8s qualification, the two-time champions completed a perfect group-stage record of four wins from four at Kolkata's Eden Gardens.

Italy won the toss and chose to bowl, making a positive start by dismissing opener Brandon King and the big-hitting Shimron Hetmyer cheaply inside the first five overs.

Windies captain Shai Hope helped lead his side to a competitive total, compiling a second successive fifty before he was bowled by Crishan Kalugamage for 75 off 46 balls, including six fours and four sixes. Roston Chase and Sherfane Rutherford both added 24 as West Indies posted 165-6. Kalugamage was the best of Italy's bowlers, finishing with 2-25 off his four overs.

Italy struggled to make any sort of a dent in their run chase, slipping to 37-3 after the powerplay. Jon-Jon Smuts (24) and Ben Manenti (26) were the only batters to pass 20 for the Italians, who beat Nepal to claim their first-ever T20 World Cup win earlier in the tournament.

Joseph (4-30) and Matthew Forde (3-19) were the pick of the West Indies' bowlers as Italy were dismissed for 123 in 18 overs. Hope side's progress to the Super 8s having bowled out three of their four group-stage opponents.

Mohammad Nabi's 4-7 saw him record his best-ever T20 World Cup figures.

Men's T20 World Cup, Group D, Chennai

Afghanistan 200-4 (20 overs): Ibrahim 95 (56); Buttar 3-52

Canada 118-8 (20 overs): Thaker 30 (24); Nabi 4-7

Afghanistan won by 82 runs.

Ibrahim Zadran hit a brilliant unbeaten 95 and Mohammad Nabi took four wickets as Afghanistan claimed a dominant 82-run victory over Canada in Chennai.

Both sides were playing out their final group-stage fixture for pride after their elimination from the tournament - but Rashid Khan's side looked particularly keen to set things straight after narrowly missing the Super 8s.

Ibrahim led the charge for Afghanistan once again, hitting seven fours and five sixes off 56 deliveries to post back-to-back half centuries at the tournament and record his highest score for the country.

The 24-year-old's solid innings was backed up by Rahmanullah Gurbaz (30) and Sediq Atal (44), before both were bowled by Canada seamer Jaskarandeep Buttar (3-52).

Canada were set a target of 201 and their collapse started in the six-over powerplay, falling to 34-3 with Afghanistan removing Dilpreet Bajwa, Navneet Dhaliwal and Yuvraj Samra.

It was a disappointing farewell for Canada's highest T20 international run-scorer Dhaliwal, who was dismissed for a duck by Azmatullah Omarzai after receiving a guard of honour prior to the match.

But it was Afghanistan's veteran spinner Nabi who dealt the final blows for Canada, claiming 4-7 from his four overs.