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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T20 World Cup Score WI vs SCO: In the second match of the 2026 T20 World Cup, West Indies, batting first, scored 182 runs. Recovering from a slow start, the Caribbean team scored more than 100 runs in the last 10 overs. Thanks to Shimron Hetmyer’s stormy half-century, West Indies team was able to cross 180.

In this match being played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, Scotland won the toss and chose to bowl first. In the powerplay and first 10 overs of the innings, Scotland’s bowlers did not give the West Indies batsmen a chance to open their hands. West Indies scored only 33 runs in the powerplay, while the team’s score in the first 10 overs was only 66 runs.

116 runs scored in the last 10 overs

In 10 overs, West Indies team had scored only 66 runs at the loss of 2 wickets. After this came the storm of Shimron Hetmyer, who scored only 9 runs in the first 7 balls of his innings. He started swinging the bat in tremendous style and scored 41 runs in the next 13 balls and completed his half-century in just 22 balls. He has become the fastest batsman to score the fastest fifty for West Indies in T20 World Cup history. He broke Chris Gayle’s record of scoring World Cup fifty in 23 balls.

11 sixes and 13 fours

The West Indies team hit 13 fours and 11 sixes in its innings of 182 runs. Of these, 8 boundaries (two fours and 6 sixes) were hit by Shimron Hetmyer alone. Hetmyer played an inning of 64 runs in 36 balls at a stormy strike rate of almost 178. Rovman Powell and Sherfan Rutherford could not play big innings, but their quick innings of 24 runs and 26 runs respectively helped West Indies reach a big score. The most successful bowler for Scotland was Brad Currie, who took 2 wickets for only 23 runs in 4 overs.

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The second match of the 2026 T20 World Cup is being played between West Indies and Scotland. In this match, Shimron Hetmyer has broken the 16 year old record of Chris Gelles. Hetmyer has made the record of scoring the fastest half-century for West Indies in T20 World Cup history. He completed his fifty in 22 balls against Scotland. Till completing his half-century, he hit 6 sixes and one four in his innings.

Chris Gayle’s 16 year old record broken

Shimron Hetmyer scored a half-century in 22 balls against Scotland, which is the fastest fifty for West Indies in the T20 World Cup. Earlier this record was in the name of Chris Gayle, who had completed his half-century in 23 balls against Australia in the 2009 World Cup. Hetmyer completed his fifty by playing one ball less than him. After Gayle, the name of Shay Hope comes in this list, who completed his half-century in 24 balls in the 2024 World Cup.

Fastest Fifty for West Indies (T20 World Cup)

• 22 Ball – Shimron Hetmyer – 2026
• 23 Ball – Chris Gayle – 2009
• 24 Ball – Shay Hope – 2024

Talking about international T20 cricket, the record of scoring the fastest fifty for West Indies is still in the name of Chris Gayle. He had completed fifty in 17 balls against South Africa in the year 2015. But in terms of fastest World Cup fifty, Shimron Hetmyer has gone ahead of him.

Yuvraj Singh is at the forefront

The record of scoring the fastest half-century in T20 World Cup history has been in the name of Yuvraj Singh for the last 19 years. He completed fifty in 12 balls in the match against England in the 2007 World Cup. That match is remembered for Yuvraj’s 6 sixes.

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