T-20 World Cup 2026: India defeated West Indies and made it to the semi-finals, these records were made

Updated: 01-03-2026, 05.23 PM

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In the 52nd match of T-20 World Cup 2026, the Indian cricket team defeated West Indies by 5 wickets. With this victory, the team led by Suryakumar Yadav has confirmed its place in the semi-finals, where it will face the England cricket team on March 5. At the same time, with this defeat the journey of the Caribbean team in the tournament ended. In such a situation, let us take a look at the records made in the match.

Statement of account

match account

The Indian team won the toss and decided to bowl first. Roston Chase scored 40 runs in 25 balls for West Indies. Jason Holder scored 37 runs and Rovman Powell scored 34 runs. The Caribbean team scored 195/4. Jasprit Bumrah took 2 wickets. In reply, the Indian team achieved the target in 19.2 overs by losing 5 wickets. Sanju Samson played the highest innings (97). Tilak Verma scored 27 runs.

Shimron Hetmyer made this record in his name

Shimron Hetmyer played an inning of 27 runs. During this time he made a big record in his name. He became the batsman to hit the most sixes in a single edition of the T20 World Cup. He broke the record of Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan, who had hit 18 sixes in the same edition. Hetmyer has hit 19 sixes. Earlier this record was in the name of former West Indies batsman Nicholas Pooran. He hit 17 sixes in the 2024 World Cup.

Bumrah’s bowling was like this

Bumrah bowled 4 overs and took 2 wickets for 36 runs. His economy rate was 9. Bumrah dismissed Hetmyer for the sixth time in 10 innings of T-20 cricket. During this period, Hetmyer has scored only 17 runs in 23 balls. Hetmyer’s average against Bumrah is 2.83. In 3 innings of T-20 international cricket, Bumrah has sent Hetmyer to the pavilion twice, his average is only 4.

Powell became the first batsman to hit 150 sixes for West Indies.

West Indies’ Rovman Powell batted brilliantly in the match and scored 34 runs in 19 balls. During this period, 3 fours and 2 sixes came from his bat, while his strike rate was 178.95. With this innings, Powell made a big achievement in his name. He became the first batsman for West Indies to hit 150 sixes in T-20 cricket. He broke the record of Puran, who had hit 149 sixes in 97 innings of 106 matches.