Shimron Hetmyer & Rovman Powell Smashed Blistering Fifty Against Zimbabwe: West Indies has defeated Zimbabwe by 107 runs in the Super-8 of ICC T20 World Cup 2026. In this match, after the stormy half-centuries of Shimron Hetmyer and Rovman Powell, the Caribbean team achieved a record victory due to the amazing performance of the bowlers. After losing the toss and opting to bat first, the West Indies team scored a huge score of 254 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Zimbabwe was all out for 147 runs in 17.4 overs. With this big victory of West Indies, the tension of Team India has now increased in Group-1 of Super-8, because South Africa has defeated India by a huge margin and pushed it far behind in terms of run rate. Now the West Indies team has reached the top of the points table with equal points as South Africa.
West Indies bowlers did wonders
In bowling against Zimbabwe, the highest score for West Indies was Gudakes Moti, who took 4 wickets for 28 runs in 4 overs, while Akil Hussain also took 3 wickets, while Matthew Ford and Jason Holder took 1 wicket each. On the other hand, in batting, Brad Evans scored the maximum for Zimbabwe with 43 runs in 21 balls. Apart from this, Doyan Marius scored 28 runs and captain Sikandar Raza contributed 27 runs. The Zimbabwean team, which was on top in the group stage of this T20 World Cup, had to face a shameful defeat in its very first match of Super-8.
Hetmyer and Powell scored stormy half-centuries
While batting for West Indies, Shimron Hetmyer and Rovman Powell scored stormy half-centuries. During the best innings of his career, Hetmyer scored 85 runs in 34 balls with the help of 7 sixes and as many fours, while Rovman Powell scored 59 runs in 35 balls, in which he hit 4 fours and as many four sixes. Both these batsmen put West Indies in a strong position by making a partnership of 122 runs in 52 balls for the third wicket, while Sherfane Rutherford also played a brilliant inning of 31 not out with two sixes and three fours in 13 balls.
West Indies team made the second highest score
In the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, West Indies scored 254 runs for 6 wickets against Zimbabwe on the basis of stormy half-centuries by Shimron Hetmyer and Rovman Powell and a century partnership between the two. This is the second highest score in the history of this tournament, while Sri Lanka holds the record of making the highest score in the tournament. In 2007, Sri Lanka had scored 269 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs against Kenya.
