Watch: Brian Bennett's excellent catch dismisses Shai Hope for 14 in ZIM vs WI T20 World Cup 2026 Super 8 clash
The Zimbabwe player, Brian Bennett, has grabbed an excellent catch to dismiss the West Indies opener and captain, Shah Hope, for 14 runs during the Super 8 encounter of the T20 World Cup 2026 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
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Brian Bennett has been part of some electrifying catches in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2026 as he displayed perhaps the catch of the competition against Oman in their very first game of the campaign. At the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai during their Super 8 clash of the event, Bennett produced another such iconic shot, which produced an important wicket at that stage.
It was the final over of the powerplay from Brad Evans against Shai Hope, who smashed the fourth ball of the over into the boundary. However, after Hope miscued the shot in the air while slogging across the line as it went wide of the deep mid-wicket fielder, Brian Bennett came charging in.
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The fielder had to cover a lot of ground to his left and had to put in the dive, and he managed to pull it off as he also fell on the ground, but did not put the ball away from his hand to send back the batter on 14 runs in 12 deliveries.
Brian Bennett takes sensational catch in ZIM vs WI T20 World Cup 2026
West Indies did not make a great start with the bat, having been put into bat first after Zimbabwe’s captain Sikander Raza, who won the toss and decided to field first, thought his surface would be better to chase in the deep night with the dew arriving.
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Brendan King was dismissed for nine runs with the help of one six as his nightmarish form continued in the event, while the captain returned for 14 runs. But since then, it was a show of the former captain Rovman Powell and Shimron Hetmyer, who had been in sensational touch.
Powell celebrated his fifty in just 29 balls with the help of four boundaries and three sixes at a strike rate of 175, while Hetmyer was unbeaten on 79 runs in 32 balls, scoring seven fours and six sixes at a strike rate of 175. Their partnership for the third wicket added 115 runs in nearly eight overs.
Brief Scores: WI 179/3 (Shimron Hetmyer 85, Rovman Powell 51, Richard Ngarva 1/27) vs Zimbabwe.
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