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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Due to the stormy innings of Shimron Hetmyer and Rovman Powell, West Indies have made the second highest total in the history of T20 World Cup. In their first match of Super-8 at Wankhede, Mumbai, West Indies scored 244 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs. Apart from Hetmyer and Powell, Sharfane Rutherford also batted brilliantly for West Indies. Rutherford played an unbeaten inning of 31 runs in just 13 balls.

Sri Lanka holds the record of making the biggest score in the history of T20 World Cup. Sri Lanka had scored 260 runs in 20 overs in 2007. Now West Indies team has come at second place in this record list. Although, West Indies had a chance to break Sri Lanka’s record today, but they could not do so. Ireland has now moved to third position in this record list with 235 runs.

Such was the record innings of West Indies

The start was not good for West Indies. Opener Brendan King was out after scoring only 09 runs in 12 balls. After this, Shai Hope also left after scoring only 14 runs. After this, Shimron Hetmyer and Rovman Powell hit the Zimbabwe bowlers a lot. Hetmyer scored a half-century in just 22 balls. He has also become the batsman to score the fastest half-century for West Indies in the T20 World Cup.

Shimron Hetmyer played an inning of 85 runs in just 34 balls. During this period, 7 fours and 7 sixes came from his bat. Rovman Powell scored 59 runs in 35 balls. He hit 4 fours and 4 sixes. Romario Shepherd scored 21 runs in 10 balls with 3 sixes. Jason Holder was out after scoring 13 runs in four balls with two sixes. Whereas Sharfane Rutherford played an unbeaten inning of 31 runs in 13 balls. He hit 3 fours and 2 sixes.

West Indies hit a total of 19 sixes in their innings. Also hit 16 fours. Zimbabwe will never forget such a beating. His players looked quite disappointed. Captain Sikandar Raza was the most expensive for Zimbabwe. He gave away 52 runs in just 3 overs.

West Indies’ Shimron Hetmyer has created history in the Super-8 of the 2026 T20 World Cup. He hit five consecutive sixes and scored the fastest century for West Indies in the history of T20 World Cup. Hetmyer completed his fifty in just 19 balls against Zimbabwe. Earlier, the record of scoring the fastest half-century in the T20 World Cup was in the name of Shimron Hetmyer himself. In the same World Cup, Hetmyer scored a half-century in 22 balls against Scotland. But today he created history by breaking his own record and scoring fifty in 19 balls.

Shimron Hetmyer came to bat at number three against Zimbabwe and as soon as he came, he hit a flurry of fours and sixes. Hetmyer also hit five consecutive sixes during this period. He first hit sixes on the last two balls of the seventh over and then hit three consecutive sixes in the next over. In this way he hit five sixes in five consecutive balls.

The catch was dropped on 09 runs

Let us tell you that when Hetmyer was batting for only 09 runs, the Zimbabwean team dropped his catch. Taking advantage of this gift of life, Hetmyer created history. Hetmayer’s dropping the catch could prove to be Zimbabwe’s biggest regret in the match.

The innings ended on 85 runs.

Hetmyer remained away from a century. He scored 85 runs in 34 balls with the help of 7 fours and 7 sixes. Looking at his innings, it seemed that he would easily reach a century, but he missed the mark of triple digits.

Second batsman to score most runs in the tournament

Now Hetmyer has become the second batsman to score the most runs in the current T20 World Cup. He has scored 219 runs in 5 innings of 5 matches at an average of 54.75 and an excellent strike rate of 185.59. During this period, he has scored 2 half-centuries, in which the high score is 85 runs. Pakistan Sahibzada Farhan is at the first position in the list with 220 runs.

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