Colombo, Feb. 25 -- It was a match filled with history for the Kiwis, particularly skipper Mitchell Santner and Rachin Ravindra, as they ousted co-hosts Sri Lanka with a dominant 61-run win in their ICC T20 World Cup Super Eight clash at Colombo on Wednesday.

Santner and Rachin's all-round performances were the highlights of the one-sided encounter between New Zealand and Sri Lanka as the latter was restricted to 107/8 while chasing 169 runs.

After SL opted to field first, they restricted the Kiwis to 84/6, and it seemed that their chances of making it to the semifinals were in peril. Skipper Santner (47 in 26 balls, with two fours and four sixes) and Cole McConchie (31* in 23 balls, with three fours and two sixes) stitched an 84-run st...