T20 World Cup 2026: West Indies defeated Scotland, these records were made

Updated: 07-02-2026, 01.16 PM

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In the second match of the T20 World Cup 2026, the West Indies cricket team made a positive start to its campaign by defeating the Scotland cricket team by 35 runs. In the match played at Eden Garden Stadium, the Caribbean team batted first and scored 182/5. In reply, Scotland was all out for 147 runs. Romario Shepherd from West Indies took a hat-trick and took 5 wickets. Let’s take a look at the records made in the match.

Statement of account

This is how West Indies team won

West Indies scored 33 runs in the powerplay without losing any wicket. After a slow start, Shimron Hetmyer scored a quick half-century (64). Apart from these, Rovman Powell scored 24 runs in 14 balls and Sherfane Rutherford scored 26 runs in 13 balls, taking the team to a good score. In reply, Scotland lost 3 wickets at 37. Even after this, Scotland lost wickets continuously and the team remained away from the target.

Hetmyer broke this record of Chris Gayle

Hetmyer completed his half-century in just 22 balls. He became the fastest batsman from West Indies to score the fastest half-century in the history of T20 World Cup. He broke Chris Gayle’s previous record in this matter. Let us tell you that Gayle had scored a half-century in 23 balls against the Australian cricket team in the T-20 World Cup 2009. In that match, Gayle had scored 88 runs in 50 balls with the help of 6 fours and as many sixes.

richie berrington

Richie Berrington played a struggling innings

Chasing the target, when Scotland lost its second wicket at the score of 31 runs, Richie Berrington came to the crease. He continued to bat at a good run rate despite early setbacks. He was out after scoring 42 runs in 24 balls. He hit 3 fours and 2 sixes in his innings. He along with Tom Bruce made a partnership of 70 runs for the fourth wicket.

Holder completed his 100 T-20 international wickets

West Indies’ experienced all-rounder Jason Holder created history. He became the first bowler for West Indies to take 100 T20 International wickets. Opposition captain Berrington became his 100th victim. He became the 35th bowler in the world to score a century of wickets in T-20 international cricket. He took 3 wickets giving 30 runs in his 3.5 overs.

Romario Shepherd

Romario Shepherd scored a hat-trick

Shepherd opened his account of wickets by dismissing Scotland’s number-3 batsman Brandon McMullan (14). He took 5 wickets while giving 20 runs in his 3 overs. Meanwhile, he also completed his hat-trick. He took a hat-trick in his third and 17th over of Scotland’s innings, taking the wickets of Cross, Michael Leask and Oliver Davidson. He also took the wicket of Safyaan Sharif in that over.