ZIM vs WI T20 World Cup 2026 Super-8 Highlights: Batting first in the Super-8 match against Zimbabwe in the T20 World Cup 2026, West Indies put the second highest total on the board in the history of T20 World Cup. Then in the second innings, the West Indies bowlers were amazing and the team registered a big win by 107 runs.

West Indies, who came to bat first in the match played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, scored 254/6 runs on the board in 20 overs. Then the Zimbabwean team, which came out for run chase, got bundled out for just 147 runs in 17.4 overs.

These players did wonders for West Indies

Batting first, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell and Sherfane Rutherford played brilliant innings for the team. Then in bowling, Gudkesh Moti and Akil Hussain did wonders for the team. Hetmyer played the biggest innings and scored 85 runs in 34 balls with the help of 7 fours and 7 sixes. During this period his strike rate was 250.

Apart from this, Powell scored 59 runs in 35 balls with the help of 4 fours and 4 sixes. Then Rutherford, who came at number five, scored 31 runs in 13 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes and gave the finishing touch to the innings. His strike rate was 238.46. In bowling, Gudkesh took maximum 4 wickets, while Akil took 3 wickets in his account.

Condition of Zimbabwe’s innings in run chase

Zimbabwe had a very bad start for the run chase. The team had lost 5 wickets before 100 runs i.e. 94 runs. After this, 9 wickets of the team had fallen for 103 runs, that is, the team had lost 4 wickets on the score of only 09 runs. After this Evans played a good innings, but his innings was not enough for the team.

Zimbabwe’s losing streak broken

It is noteworthy that Zimbabwe had entered the Super-8 by winning three consecutive matches in the group stage. Now in the first match of Super-8, the team had to face defeat against West Indies. Now Zimbabwe has to play its next match against India on 26 February.

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