After witnessing the sensational match between Pakistan versus Netherlands in the opening game of the T20 World Cup 2026 tournament, the match between the West Indies versus Scotland was also really interesting. Shimron Hetmyer performed really well and smashed 54 for his side, and Romario Shepherd took a hat-trick for West Indies as the team won against Scotland. So let’s get into the article to check out the details.
West Indies won the game by 35 runs and the star performances by batter Shimron Hetmyer and all-rounder Romario Shepherd helped the team to beat Scotland. West Indies was batting first in the game and Hetmyer smashed 64 off 36 balls to help West Indies recover from a slow start to post 182/5 after 20 overs on the board. It is worth mentioning that Hetmyer completed his fifty in just 22 balls, breaking Chris Gayle’s record for the fastest half-century by a West Indian in the T20 World Cup tournament.
The team Scotland performed the really well but the incredible performance of the bowling department of West Indies especially Shepherd who scalped four wickets in the 17th over, including a hattrick, as Scotland abruptly collapsed to 147 all out in 18.5 overs.
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