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The journey of Italy cricket team in T-20 World Cup 2026 has ended. This team was in Group-C. Italy team played 4 matches in the tournament, out of which it won only 1 match and had to face defeat in 3. The team finished fourth in its group with 2 points (-1.020). However, he has got to learn a lot of new things. Let us know how was the journey of this team in the entire World Cup.
This was how the journey to Italy was
Italy lost the first match against Scotland by 73 runs. They were all out for 134 runs while chasing the target of 208 runs. Against Nepal, it won by 10 wickets while chasing the target of 124 runs. Against England, they were bundled out for 178 runs in reply to 203 runs. Against West Indies, it was bowled out for 123 runs while chasing the target of 166 runs.
These Italian batsmen scored the most runs
Ben Manenti has scored the most runs for Italy in this World Cup. His bat yielded 138 runs in 3 innings of 4 matches at an average of 46.00 and strike rate of 179.22. He scored 2 half-centuries and his best score was 60 runs. Whereas, Justin Mosca scored 94 runs in 4 innings at an average of 31.00 and strike rate of 164.91. He scored a half-century and his best performance was 57 runs.
These Italian bowlers took the most wickets
Chris Kalugamage, the leading spinner for Italy, took the most wickets in this World Cup. He took 7 wickets in 4 innings of 4 matches with an average of 16.57. His economy rate was 7.73. His best bowling performance was taking 3 wickets for 18 runs. Similarly, Ben Manenti took 5 wickets in 4 matches. His best performance was taking 2 wickets for 9 runs.
These records came in the name of Italy
In the match against Nepal, Justin Mosca and Anthony Mosca created history by making a century partnership (124*). This was the first century partnership made by two brothers in the history of T20 World Cup. Earlier, the pair of Kamran Akmal and Umar Akmal had made a partnership of 96 runs against Australia in 2014. At the third position in this list, Italy’s Benjamin Mannetti and Harry Mannetti had made a partnership of 73 runs against Scotland (2026).

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