West Indies made the second highest score in the history of T20 World Cup.

Updated: 23-02-2026, 08.42 PM

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In the Super-8 match of T20 World Cup 2026, West Indies cricket team batted first against Zimbabwe cricket team and scored 254/6. This is the second highest score made by any team in the history of T20 World Cup. Shimron Hetmyer (85) and Rovman Powell (59) scored half-centuries from the Caribbean team. On the other hand, all the Zimbabwe bowlers scored a lot of runs. Let us know about the records made by West Indies.

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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.

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).