Watch the highlights of West Indies vs Italy - The 37th match of the 2026 ICC T20 World Cup Twenty20 International cricket tournament first time between West Indies and Italy, played at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata on February 19, 2026.
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| Shai Hope brought up a 28-ball half-century © ICC/Getty Images |
Captain Shai Hope's sparkling 46-ball 75 before Shamar Joseph's career-best four-for, Matthew Forde and Gudakesh Motie's combined 5-wickets helped to West Indies registered their historic first T20I win against Italy by a comfortable 42-runs and make it 4 wins in a row in the 37th match of a ICC T20 World Cup.
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West Indies scored 165-6 in 20 overs with top scorer by Shai Hope hammered a 75 off 46-balls, Sherfane Rutherford blasted a unbeaten 24 off 15-balls including 2-fours & a six with strike rate of 160.
Roston Chase cracked a 24 off 25-balls included 2-fours and Matthew Forde hit a unbeaten 16 off 8-balls contained 3-fours with strike-rate of 200.
Italy best bowler by Crishan Kalugamage, Ben Manenti both took 2-wickets and one for Thomas Draca - Ali Hasan.
Italy bundled out for 123 in 18 overs with top scorer by Ben Manenti cracked a 26 off 21-balls including 2-fours & a six.
JJ Smuts struck 24 off 27-balls including 3-fours, Anthony Mosca blasted a 19 off 12-balls included 2-sixes & a four with strike rate of 158.33.
West Indies best bowler by Shamar Joseph claimed a 4-wickets for 30-runs in 4-overs, Matthew Forde picked up 3-wickets for 19-runs in 4-overs, Gudakesh Motie took 2-wickets and one for Akeal Hosein.
Shai Hope named Player of the match for his sparkling batting performance to smashed a 75 off facing 46-balls including 6-fours & 4-sixes with strike rate of 163.04.
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