🏏ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026: S 8 - Match 44: WI vs ZIMBABWE🏏 - Page 24

All smiles in the West Indies camp as they register a clinical win at the Wankhede. Handshakes between all the players as they start heading back..

feeling a little sad for Zim…

India can also take a break and try for next WC.

Evans bhai 50 bana lete

But great work from Zim, apne walo mein se 1 se bhi performance nahi aayi

After a flawless league stage, Zimbabwe have finally been brought back to earth in this tournament. Having beaten Australia and Sri Lanka in Sri Lankan conditions, they were comprehensively outplayed tonight in Indian conditions by a ruthless West Indies side. The West Indies’ openers didn’t fire, but that hardly mattered as Shimron Hetmyer went on a blistering rampage. He found strong support from Rovman Powell, and their dominant partnership completely wrested control away from Zimbabwe. Late cameos from Sherfane Rutherford and Romario Shepherd added the finishing touches as West Indies piled up a daunting total of 254. Chasing such a steep target, Zimbabwe were always under pressure, and the cracks showed early. They lost three wickets in the powerplay, slipping further behind the game. While a few batters managed some resistance in the middle overs, the chase never really took off, and Zimbabwe eventually fell short by a massive margin of 107 runs. Evans’ enterprising knock towards the end helped Zimbabwe trim the margin of defeat to some extent. It was an impressive all-round bowling effort from West Indies, with Motie standing out through his four-wicket haul, well supported by Hosein who chipped in with three wickets. Zimbabwe will rue the dropped catches that proved costly, allowing West Indies to post such a masssive total in the first place.

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Originally posted by: PunnyPotato

Evans bhai 50 bana lete

But great work from Zim, apne walo mein se 1 se bhi performance nahi aayi

When they say catches win matches, they weren’t kidding. Zimbabwe dropped catches. They should have used the opportunity. West Indies started slow but finished with a bang.

Humari bhi wahi problem tha na kal ? We gave away too many runs, mis fields and wides. If your fielding and bowling isn’t up to the mark, no one can save us at the end of the day.

But Zim showed better determination than India.

Bumrah bro batting seekh lo

Kyunki openers and middle walon se toh ab koi umeed nhi hai

Back spasm se hi Iyer ko leke aao koi

Kisiko toh injury kar do

A target of 255 was always an improbable one but West Indies never let Zimbabwe get anywhere near that score. Forde picked up the first wicket of Marumani, but there on it was all about the two spin twins - Akeal Hosein and Gudakesh Motie. While Hosein picked up 3 for 28, Motie finished with 4 for 28 and Zimbabwe had no answers. The margin of defeat would have been a lot more if not for Brad Evans' cameo off 43 off 21. He was the last man to fall but this was one-way street through and through.

Originally posted by: Prizi

Back spasm se hi Iyer ko leke aao koi

Kisiko toh injury kar do

I swear