Shimron Hetmyer fastest fifty for West Indies in T20 World Cup: Shimron Hetmyer batted brilliantly against Scotland in T20 World Cup 2026 and completed his fifty in just 22 balls.

New Delhi: West Indies’ Shimron Hetmyer has made a explosive start in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026. In the match against Scotland, Hetmyer played an inning of 64 runs in 36 balls. In this innings he hit 6 sixes and 2 fours. Hetmyer had completed his half-century in just 22 balls in this innings. Along with this, he also became the player to score the fastest half-century for West Indies in the T20 World Cup. For West Indies, even a strong player like Chris Gayle could not achieve such a feat in the T20 World Cup.

Let us tell you that in this match against Scotland, Hetmyer came to bat at number three. When Hetmyer came to the crease, West Indies’ score was 2 wickets for 58 runs. It seemed that the West Indies team would not be able to recover after back to back wickets, but Hetmyer continued his power game, which put the Scotland bowlers on the back foot.

West Indies scored 182 runs for 5 wickets

In the match against Scotland, the West Indies team, batting first, scored 182 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs game. Apart from Hetmyer, Brendon King played an inning of 35 runs in 30 balls for West Indies. Apart from this, while starting the innings, Shai Hope scored 19 runs, while Sherfan Rutherford scored 26 runs and Rovman Powell scored 24 runs.

Scotland bowlers lost their grip

Scotland, playing in place of Bangladesh in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, had made a steady start in bowling. The team bowled hard, especially in the power play, but the bowlers weakened their grip in front of Shimron Hetmyer. Brad Currie took maximum 2 wickets in bowling for Scotland. Apart from this, Safyaan Sharif, Oliver Davidson and Michael Lisk took 1 wicket each.