T20 World Cup 2026: West Indies gave a crushing defeat to Zimbabwe

Updated: 23-02-2026, 05.33 PM

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In the Super-8 match of T-20 World Cup 2026, West Indies cricket team defeated Zimbabwe cricket team by 107 runs. In the match held at Wankhede Stadium, West Indies batted first and scored 254/6. In reply, Zimbabwe’s batsmen could score only 147 runs after losing all the wickets in 17.4 overs. This is West Indies’ 5th consecutive win. Let’s take a look at the records made in the match.

Statement of account

This is how West Indies team won

Batting first, West Indies lost the wickets of both its openers for 54 runs. After this, Shimron Hetmyer (85) and Rovman Powell (59) scored half-centuries. In the end, Sherfane Rutherford scored 31 runs in 13 balls and took the team’s score beyond 250. In reply, Zimbabwe lost 4 wickets for 52 runs. Brad Evans played a good innings in the lower order and reduced the margin of defeat for his team.

West Indies made the second highest score of T20 World Cup

West Indies became only the second team in the history of T20 World Cup to score 250+ runs. Let us tell you that in this tournament only Sri Lanka (260/6 vs Kenya, 2007) has made a bigger score than West Indies. The third highest score in this list is recorded in the name of Ireland (235/5 vs Oman, 2026). Along with this, this is also the record of the highest score made in T-20 against Zimbabwe.

West Indies registered its second biggest win in the T20 World Cup

This proved to be West Indies’ second biggest win in the T20 World Cup. Let us tell you that the highest win of the Caribbean team is 134 runs (vs Uganda, 2024).

Hetmyer scored the fastest half-century for West Indies in the T-20 World Cup.

Hetmyer got a lease of life on a personal score of 9 runs. Musekiwa dropped Hetmyer’s catch on Muzarabani’s ball. He took full advantage of the lease of life and showed his aggressive intentions by hitting 4 fours in Richard Ngarava’s over in the initial powerplay. He completed his half-century in just 19 balls. Musekiwa again dropped Hetmyer’s catch on the score of 70. Ultimately he was out after scoring 85 runs in 34 balls (fours-7, sixes-7).

Powell scored his first half-century in the T-20 World Cup

When West Indies lost their second wicket at the score of 54 runs, Powell came to the crease. Batting cautiously in the beginning, he scored 20 runs in 21 balls. After staying on the crease, this batsman increased his run rate and completed his half-century in 29 balls. He was out after playing an innings of 59 runs in 35 balls. He also hit 4 fours and as many sixes.

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Powell and Hetmyer made a big partnership

Powell also made a partnership of 122 runs with Hetmyer. This has become the third highest partnership for any wicket for West Indies in the T20 World Cup. Let us tell you that the biggest partnership of West Indies in this tournament was made by Chris Gayle and Devon Smith (145 vs South Africa, 2007). The second highest partnership in this list is that of Andre Fletcher and Gayle (133 runs vs Australia 2009).

bowling

Gudakesh Moti took 4 wickets

Moti opened his account of wickets by bowling Dion Myers. The left-arm spinner dismissed Sikandar Raza and Tashinga Musekiwa in two consecutive balls in his third over. After this, he showed the way to the pavilion to Tony Munyonga during his fourth over. He took these 4 wickets while giving 28 runs in his quota of 4 overs. Apart from him, Akil Hussain also took 3 wickets.