{"id":101962,"date":"2026-02-24T11:58:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T06:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=101962"},"modified":"2026-02-24T11:58:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T06:58:44","slug":"west-indies-smash-second-biggest-score-in-t20-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/west-indies-smash-second-biggest-score-in-t20-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"West Indies smash second biggest score in T20 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MUMBAI: The West Indies etched their name into the record books on Monday after piling up a staggering 254-6 against Zimbabwe at the Wankhede Stadium, recording the second-highest total in the history of the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/new-zealand-defeat-south-africa-to-clinch-icc-womens-t20-world-cup\/\">ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The two-time champions\u2019 254 in 20 overs now trails only Sri Lanka\u2019s 260-6 against Kenya in the inaugural 2007 edition.<\/p>\n<p>It is also the highest total of the ongoing 2026 tournament, surpassing Ireland\u2019s 235-5 against Oman earlier in the competition.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Highest totals at ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cups<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Sri Lanka \u2013 260-6 (2007)<\/p>\n<p><strong>West Indies \u2013 254-6 (2026)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ireland \u2013 235-5 (2026)<\/p>\n<p>England \u2013 230-8 (2016)<\/p>\n<p>South Africa \u2013 229-4 (2016)<\/p>\n<p>While it was a historic effort on the World Cup stage, the total stands as West Indies\u2019 third-highest in overall T20 Internationals, behind their 258-5 against South Africa in 2023 and 256-5 versus Ireland in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The charge was led by Shimron Hetmyer, who delivered a breathtaking 85 off just 34 balls, smashing seven sixes and seven fours in a brutal display of power-hitting.<\/p>\n<p>Walking in at No.3 with the score at 17-1 in 2.4 overs, the left-hander turned the innings on its head with an aggressive counterattack.<\/p>\n<p>Hetmyer brought up his half-century in just 19 balls, the joint-fastest of the ongoing tournament, equalling South Africa captain Aiden Markram and Sri Lanka\u2019s Pathum Nissanka.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MUMBAI: The West Indies etched their name into the record books on Monday after piling up a staggering 254-6 against Zimbabwe at the Wankhede Stadium, recording the second-highest total in the history of the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup. The two-time champions\u2019 254 in 20 overs now trails only Sri Lanka\u2019s 260-6 against Kenya in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":89749,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[646,888,36410,36409],"class_list":["post-101962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-icc-mens-t20-world-cup","tag-west-indies","tag-biggest-score-in-t20-world-cup","tag-west-indies-smash-second-biggest-score"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101963,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101962\/revisions\/101963"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}