West Indies vs Scotland Live Score, T20 World Cup Match: Shepherd’s stunning 4-wicket over seals comprehensive win for West Indies
West Indies vs Scotland T20 World Cup 2026 Match Live Cricket Score Updates: Romario Shepherd took as many as four wickets in the 17th over, including a hat-trick, which sent Scotland crashing down after it looked like they might be able to pull off an upset during the middle-overs of their chase. West Indies took three wickets in the powerplay but a 78-run stand off just 47 balls between Tom Bruce and Richie Berrington brought Scotland right back into the game. Jason Holder then put a pause on Scotland’s progress by dismissing Berrington in the 15th over.
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Earlier, Spurred by Shimron Hetmyer’s 64 off 36 balls, coupled with handy contributions from Brandon King (35), Sherfane Rutherford (26) and Rovman Powell (24), the West Indies managed to score 182/5 in 20 overs in their T20 World Cup 2026 opener at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
Hetmyer got to his half century in just 22 balls, in what was a record for West Indies in T20 World Cups. West Indies had been asked to bat first at the Eden Gardens after losing the toss to Richie Berrington’s Scotland this afternoon.
SCROLL DOWN BELOW WEST INDIES VS SCOTLAND T20 WORLD CUP 2026 UPDATES
Match EndedICC Men’s T20 World Cup, 2026 – Match 2
West Indies
182/5 (20.0)
vs
Scotland
147 (18.5)
Match Ended ( Match 2 )
West Indies beat Scotland by 35 runs
Live Updates
A couple of months ago, ahead of the T20 series at home against South Africa, the Indian cricket board’s website had put up a video, titled ‘Time for speed, ft India’. Amongst the players who spoke, Washington Sundar had the most interesting take on T20 with a quotable quote.
“The ball is always in the air. When the bowler releases, it’s in the air. After it’s hit by the bat, most of the time it’s in the air. So, the ball is always in the air, and that’s what excites the audience the most I think.” The visuals showed craned necks of players, support staff, and groundsmen as the white ball disappeared in some nets session. READ MORE
