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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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