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Mumbai, Monday – The West Indies lit up Wankhede Stadium with a batting masterclass, posting 254 for 6 in their Super 8 fixture against Zimbabwe to register the second-highest team total in T20 World Cup annals. Only Sri Lanka’s 260 for 6 against Kenya in 2007 sits above the Caribbean blaze, and the feat marked just the second time the 250-run barrier has been breached in the tournament’s history.

Electing to bat first, the Men in Maroon wobbled early when Brandon King chipped Richard Ngarava to cover for 9 and Shai Hope holed off Brad Evans for 14, leaving the scoreboard at 55 for 2 after the six-over powerplay. Enter Shimron Hetmyer, who swung the momentum with two consecutive sixes over Graeme Cremer’s leg-spin and then looted 20 from Sikandar Raza’s next over to reach a 19-ball fifty—the fastest by a West Indian in T20 World Cup play.

Hetmyer’s 34-ball 85, laced with seven fours and seven sixes, anchored a 122-run stand alongside captain Rovman Powell, who cruised to his own half-century in 29 deliveries. At the halfway point West Indies were 115 for 2; they never relinquished control even after Hetmyer departed. Late pyrotechnics from Romario Shepherd, Jason Holder and an unbeaten 31 off 13 by Sherfane Rutherford hoisted the final tally to 254 for 6.

The innings featured 19 sixes, equalling the Netherlands’ tournament record set against Ireland at Sylhet in 2014. The total also eclipsed India’s 234 for 2 at Harare in 2024 to become the highest ever made against Zimbabwe in T20Is, and it was the West Indies’ third score above 250 in the format, tying them with Zimbabwe for the joint-second most such totals.