Romario Shepherd Hattrick T20 World Cup 2026: In the 2026 T20 World Cup, West Indies defeated Scotland by 35 runs. A hat-trick was seen on the very first day of the World Cup. Romario Shepherd has become the first West Indies bowler to take a hat-trick in the T20 World Cup. In this match played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, West Indies batted first and scored 182 runs. In response, the Scottish team could score only 147 runs.

Earlier, Netherlands had made Pakistan sweat, but in the end the Pakistani team was successful in winning by 3 wickets. Similarly, for once, Scotland was also on the way to victory, but Romario Shepherd’s hat-trick turned the entire match upside down. He took 3 wickets in three consecutive balls in the 17th over.

Scored a hat-trick on the first day

While chasing the target of 183 runs, the Scotland team had at one time scored 115 runs at the loss of 3 wickets and the team’s run rate was around 9. But after this the Scotland team started losing wickets continuously.

Romario Shepherd to bowl in the 17th over. He completed the hat-trick by dismissing Matthew Cross (11) on the second ball of the over, Michael Leask (0) on the third ball and Oliver Davidson (0) on the fourth ball. He is the 9th bowler in the world and the first from West Indies to take a hat-trick in the history of T20 World Cup.

Romario Shepherd took maximum 5 wickets for West Indies, at the other end, Jason Holder also bowled lethally and dismissed 3 batsmen. Apart from them, Shamar Joseph and Gudakesh Moti also took one wicket each.

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