ICC T20 World Cup 2026, Super Eights Match India vs West Indies: India has entered the semi-finals today by defeating West Indies in the Super-8 match of the T20 World Cup. Batting first, West Indies scored 195 runs for the loss of four wickets in the stipulated 20 overs, in response to which Team India has scored 199 runs for the loss of 5 wickets due to the explosive batting of Sanju Samson. Now India will play its semi-final match against England.
Now India’s semi-final match against England
With this win, India has reached the semi-finals. Now India will play the second semi-final match against England on March 5. While the first semi-final will be played between South Africa and New Zealand on March 4. The winner of this match will face each other in the final match on Sunday, March 8.
Shai Hope scored 32 runs in 33 balls, which included 3 fours and 1 six, for West Indies. Roston Chase played a quick innings of 40 runs in 25 balls, which included 5 fours and 1 six. Shimron Hetmyer scored 27 runs in just 12 balls with the help of 1 four and 2 sixes. Sherfane Rutherford scored 14 runs in 9 balls, which included 1 six. Rovman Powell scored 34 runs not out in 19 balls, which included 3 fours and 2 sixes. In the end, Jason Holder contributed an unbeaten 37 runs in 22 balls with 2 fours and 3 sixes.
The highest run scorer for India was Arshdeep
Among the Indian bowlers, Jasprit Bumrah took the most wickets with 2. Hardik Pandya and Varun Chakravarthy took 1 wicket each. On the other hand, Arshdeep Singh and Axar Patel did not take any wickets in this match. Arshdeep Singh proved to be the most costly in terms of conceding runs, who conceded 43 runs in his 4 overs. Both Hardik Pandya and Varun Chakravarthy conceded 40 runs each, while Axar Patel conceded 35 and Jasprit Bumrah conceded 36 runs.
Sanju Samson won the match, Tilak also had a blast
Sanju Samson played the most aggressive game in the Indian batting, scoring an unbeaten 97 runs in 50 balls with the help of 12 fours and 4 sixes. Tilak Verma contributed 27 runs in 15 balls with 4 fours and 1 six. Captain Suryakumar Yadav scored 18 runs in 16 balls with 1 four and 1 six. Hardik Pandya scored 17 runs in 14 balls with 2 fours. Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan both scored 10 runs each, in which Abhishek hit 2 fours in 11 balls and Ishan Kishan hit 2 fours in 6 balls. Shivam Dubey scored 8 runs unbeaten with the help of 2 fours in 4 balls.
Holder, Joseph 2-2 wickets
Jason Holder and Shamar Joseph took the most wickets in the West Indies bowling with 2-2 wickets, while Aqeel Hossain got 1 wicket. On the other hand, Matthew Ford, Gudakesh Moti, Romario Shepherd and Roston Chase did not manage to take a single wicket. Shamar Joseph proved to be the most expensive in terms of giving away runs, who gave away 42 runs in his 4 overs. Jason Holder spent 38 runs in 4 overs and Romario Shepherd 34 runs in 2.2 overs.
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