Watch the highlights of India vs West Indies Super Eights - The 52nd match of the 2026 ICC T20 World Cup Twenty20 International cricket tournament between India and West Indies played at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata on March 01, 2026.
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| Sanju Samson batted through the innings © ICC/Getty Images |
A scintillating 50-ball unbeaten 97 by opener Sanju Samson steered to India chased their record T20 World Cup target of 196 against West Indies by a remarkable 5-wicket win and India sixth time enter into the semi-finals in a high-scoring Super Eight encounter of a ICC T20 World Cup.
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- India chased 196 was their second highest successful run-chase against West Indies in T20 international after they had chased 208 at Hyderabad in 2019, It is their highest successful run-chase in T20 World Cups, previous highest chase was 173 against South Africa at Mirpur in the 2014 World Twenty20 semi-final and the third highest successful run-chase in T20 World Cups after England chased 230 against South Africa at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai in the 2016 World Twenty20 and South Africa chased 206 against West Indies at Johannesburg in the inaugural opening match of the 2007 World Twenty20 edition.
- West Indies' 45 for 0 was their joint 11th highest powerplay total against India in T20 international and It is their highest powerplay-total against India in T20 World Cups, previous highest powerplay-total against India was 44 for 2 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai in the 2016 World Twenty20 semi-final.
- 68 : Shai Hope and Roston Chase set up the fifth highest first-wicket partnership for West Indies against India in T20 international and the West Indies' seventh highest opening stand in T20 World Cups.
- 76* : Rovman Powell and Jason Holder set up the fifth-wicket partnership for West Indies against India in T20 international, previously held by the 49-run stand between Shai Hope and Shimron Hetmyer at Lauderhill in 2023, It is the West Indies' joint third highest fifth-wicket stand in T20Is and the West Indies' second highest fifth-wicket partnership in T20 World Cups, The highest is 77-run stand between Ramnaresh Sarwan and Dwayne Bravo against Sri Lanka at Nottingham in the 2009 World Twenty20.
- Shimron Hetmyer hit 19 sixes in this T20 World Cup - The most sixes hit by any batsman in an T20 World Cup edition, beating Sahibzada Farhan's record of 18-sixes earlier in this tournament.
- West Indies' 195 was their fourth highest score against India in T20 international and It is their seventh highest total in T20 World Cups.
- India's 53 for 2 was their joint 11th highest powerplay total against West Indies in T20 international and It is their joint tenth highest powerplay-total in T20 World Cups.
- 58 : Sanju Samson and Suryakumar Yadav set up the ninth highest third-wicket partnership for India against West Indies in T20 international and the India's eighth highest third-wicket stand in T20 World Cups.
- Sanju Samson's unbeaten 97 was the highest score by an Indian batsman in a run-chase in T20 World Cup history, surpassing the previous record of unbeaten 82 two times hit by Virat Kohli (82*) against Australia at Mohali in the 2016 World Twenty20 and (Virat Kohli's 82*) against Pakistan at Melbourne in the 2022 T20 World Cup and the joint fifth highest-score by any batsman in a run-chase in T20 World Cups, jointly with Brian Bennett's 97 against India at Chennai earlier in this tournament.
- Sanju Samson's unbeaten 97 was his fourth highest score for India in T20 international, It is the third highest-score by an Indian batsman against West Indies in T20Is and the second highest-score by an Indian batsman in T20 World Cups after Suresh Raina's 101 against South Africa at Gros Islet in the 2010 World Twenty20.
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* India will face England in the semi-finals on March 05, 2026 in Mumbai. New Zealand and South Africa are the other teams in the semi-finals, with their match happening on March 04, 2026 at Eden Gardens.
West Indies scored massive total of 195-4 in 20 overs with top scorer by Roston Chase blasted a 40 off 25-balls including 5-fours & a six with strike rate of 160.
Jason Holder hammered a 37 off 22-balls including 3-sixes & 2-fours with strike rate of 168.18, Rovman Powell blasted a unbeaten 34 off 19-balls included 3-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 178.94.
Shai Hope cracked a 32 off 33-balls including 3-fours & a six, Shimron Hetmyer hammered a 27 off 12-balls included 2-sixes & a four with strike rate of 225 and Sherfane Rutherford scored 14 off 9-balls contained a six.
India best bowler by Jasprit Bumrah captured two-wickets and one for Hardik Pandya - Varun Chakravarthy.
India chase down the target of 196, finishing at 199-5 in 19.2 overs with top scorer by Sanju Samson hammered a unbeaten 97 off 50-balls, Tilak Varma blasted a 27 off 15-balls including 4-fours & a six with strike rate of 180.
Suryakumar Yadav cracked a 18 off 16-balls including one-six & a four and Hardik Pandya hit 17 off 14-balls contained 2-fours.
West Indies best bowler by Jason Holder, Shamar Joseph both took 2-wickets and one for Akeal Hosein.
Sanju Samson named Player of the match for his match-winning scintillating unbeaten 97 off facing 50-balls including 12-fours & 4-sixes with strike rate of 194.
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