T20 World Cup 2026 Scotland vs Italy Highlights: The seventh match of T20 World Cup 2026 was played between Italy and Scotland at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. In the match, Scotland won by 73 runs after losing only 9 wickets against Italy. The 11th batsman for Italy could not come on the field. So let us know how Scotland won by losing only 9 wickets of the opposing team.

So let us tell you that Italy captain Wayne Madsen got injured while fielding. His shoulder was dislocated, due to which he was out of the match. Due to injury, he could not come on the field for batting, due to which Scotland won the match only after Italy lost 9 wickets. Italy’s captain was absent hurt.

Scotland open their #T20WorldCup account with a comprehensive victory in Kolkata

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— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) February 9, 2026

condition of competition

Talking about the match, Italy won the toss and decided to bowl. The Scottish team, who came to bat first, put 207/4 runs on the board in 20 overs. Opener George Munsey played the biggest innings for the team and scored 84 runs in 54 balls with the help of 13 fours and 2 sixes. Brandon McMullen, who came at number three, scored 41 runs by hitting 4 sixes in 18 balls.

Italy flop in run chase

Italy had a good start when they came on the field for the run chase. The team had crossed the 100-run mark in the 11th over. From here it seemed that the team would easily win. But after this, Scotland made a strong comeback and started sending Italy’s batsmen to the pavilion. In this way, the Italian team, which at one time came close to victory, collapsed for just 134 runs in 16.4 overs. The team lost 9 wickets. In the end, the remaining captain could not come on the field for batting due to injury. During this period, Michael Leask took maximum 4 wickets for Scotland.

Big Blow For Italy In T20 World Cup: The Italian team is also participating in the 2026 T20 World Cup. The 7th match of the tournament is being played between Italy and Scotland on Monday (09 February) at Eden Garden, Kolkata. This is Italy’s first match in the tournament and in the very first match the team suffered a big shock in the form of captain Wayne Madsen.

Actually, in the ongoing match against Scotland, the captain of Italy is out due to injury. His shoulder got dislocated while fielding. Wayne Madsen got injured while fielding in the fourth over of the match, after which he left the field.

out for the entire match

Cricbuzz said in a social media post that the Italy captain’s shoulder was dislocated while trying to dive. Now he is out of the entire match against Scotland. He will not take further part in this match. Now it will be interesting to see whether he is able to come back for the second match after getting injured in the first match or not. The captain getting injured like this can prove to be a big problem for the team.

UPDATE: Skipper Wayne Madsen suffered a dislocation of his left shoulder and hence will take no further part in today’s match. Very very disheartening start to Italy’s campaign. Hope our boys do well. https://t.co/PWcBM97CEU

— Italy Cricket (@ItalyCricket) February 9, 2026

Scotland defeated in the first innings

It is noteworthy that in the match, Italy won the toss and decided to bowl. There was some explosive batting from the Scotland team who came out to bat first. The team scored 207 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs. Opener George Munsey played the biggest innings for the team and scored 84 runs in 54 balls with the help of 13 fours and 2 sixes.

Apart from this, Brandon McMullen batted aggressively and scored 41* runs by hitting 4 sixes in 18 balls. During this, Ali Hasan, Grant Stewart, Thomas Dreka and JJ Smits took 1 wicket each for Italy. Now it will be interesting to see how Italy performs in the run chase.