Watch: West Indies smash 19 sixes vs Zimbabwe in Super 8 clash of T20 World Cup 2026
The West Indies side has nailed the joint-most sixes of 19 against Zimbabwe during their opening encounter of the Super 8 stage in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2026 at the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
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West Indies came into their opening encounter of the Super 8 stage of the game from the T20 World Cup 2026 against Zimbabwe at the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai with brutal power and unbeaten run. On a flat surface, the Zimbabwe captain, Sikandar Raza, won the toss and decided to put the opponents in, expecting the dew play its role in the second innings.
West Indies finished with 19 sixes in 20 overs, out of which seven came from the bat of Shimron Hetmyer. Who now has 17 sixes in the ongoing edition of the game. That is now the joint-most over boundaries by any batter along with Nicholas Pooran’s 2024 season of the event. One of the best shot of the game from the southpaw went 108-meters into the stands.
West Indies finished with 254/6 in their allotted 20 overs of the innings, which remains the second highest score in the history of the competition. They remain only after Sri Lanka’s 260/6 against Kenya at the Bullring in Wanderers from the inaugural edition of the competition.
West Indies record joint-most sixes in one T20 World Cup 2026 innings
West Indies’ 19 sixes is the joint-most hit in a T20 World Cup innings along with Netherlands’ 19 against Ireland t Sylhet in the 2014 edition. This was also the highest T20I total against the Zimbabwe side, bettering the 234/2 by the Indian side in 2024 at the Harare Sports Club.
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Hetmyer was well supported by Rovman Powell, the former T20I captain of the side, who nailed 59 runs in just 35 balls with the help of four fours and as many sixes. Even Romario Shepherd cracked 21 runs off 10 balls with three sixes as they crossed the 250-run mark in the innings.
The bowling wasn’t great at all as captain Raza leaked 52 runs in three overs without any success, while the two new ball bowlers, Richard Ngarava and Blessing Muzarabani, ended with the combined bowling figures of 4/89 in their eight overs. Graeme Creamer was decent with the ball, thanks to 1/38 in his four overs.
Brief Scores: WI 254/6 (Shimron Hetmyer 85, Rovman Powell 59, Blessing Muzarabani 2/42) vs ZIM 20/3 (Marumani 14, Akeal Hossein 2/10)
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