LIVE: Bumrah double strike derails West Indies
India and West Indies go head-to-head for the final semi-final spot when they clash in the T20WC Super Eight on Sunday.
It's the knockout before the knockouts.
India and West Indies face-off in a ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 Super Eight clash in Kolkata on Sunday, with the winner set to seal the last remaining semi-final spot. New Zealand, England and England have already locked in their places.
There's not much to separate the sides going into the contest. Both the teams have lost to South Africa in the Super Eight stage. And India and West Indies also went on to register the highest team totals in this edition -- while West Indies posted 254/6 against Zimbabwe, India obliterated the record three days later by scoring 256/4 against the same opponents.
In the virtual quarterfinal on Sunday, their batting reserves will be put to the test yet again.
India v West Indies | Feel The Thrill | Match Preview | T20WC 2026
A massive clash at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup as India take on the West Indies with a place in the semi-finals the prize for the winner
India v West Indies
India captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and elected to field first.
West Indies started with a newly-minted opening partnership of Shai Hope and Roston Chase. It was Chase's first T20I as an opener and after a watchful start, he got going with two sweetly-timed boundaries against Arshdeep Singh and then scooped Jasprit Bumrah for a four.
The pressure of the occasion seemed to get to Abhishek Sharma, who dropped a simple catch at cover with Chase on 15.
It wasn't the briskest of starts for West Indies, who finished powerplay at 45/0.
Varun Chakaravarthy gave India the breakthrough as he knocked back Shai Hope's (32) stumps in the ninth over. But it was Jasprit Bumrah's double strike, to dismiss set batters Shimron Hetmyer (27) and Roston Chase (40) that swung the momentum India's way.
Hetmyer was starting to flex his muscle, and had hit two sixes and a four, but ended up nicking a ball angling away from him to the wicketkeeper. Two balls later, Bumrah had Chase lob the ball to cover.
West Indies: Shai Hope (c) (wk), Roston Chase, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Jason Holder, Romario Shepherd, Matthew Forde, Gudakesh Motie, Akeal Hosein, Shamar Joseph
India: Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Hardik Pandya, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah
West Indies off to a steady start | Powerplay Highlights | T20WC 2026
West Indies openers provifde a watchful start to post 45/0 at the end of first Powerplay at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026.
