IND vs WI Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: India Secure Semifinal Berth With Five-Wicket Win Against West Indies

Right from the moment the Indian innings started, it was a Sanju Samson show. The wicketkeeper-batter wiped off all his failures to converts start into a fifty earlier in the tournament and played a match-winning knock of an unbeaten 97 runs from 50 balls. The other batters provided him ample support, but it was the 31-year-old who stole the show.

Sanju Samson has single-handedly put India in control of things, and he is taking them nearer to the target with every shot. The right-handed batter has scored 70 runs, and he has finally capitalised on the start he got by scoring a half-century. Tilak and Suryakumar stayed with him at the crease, forming a partnership of 58 and 42 runs respectively.

Samson is single-handedly blowing apart the West Indies bowling attack and taking India towards the challenging total. Suryakumar is cautious at the other end while Samson completed his half-century in just 26 balls. The big hits are continously flowing from his bat and India will hope that he will take them over the finish line.

While Sanju Samson is playing big shots from one end, India lost two quick wickets in the form of Abhishek Sharma (10) and Ishan Kishan (10). The right-handed batter is accelarting the innings but he now needs support from other end.

West Indies were on 125/4 after 15 overs and the pair of Jason Holder and Rovman Powell joined forces to stitch a crucial partnership for the team. After a solid start, the team lost wickets in the middler overs and their scoring momentum got a hit. But the Carribean duo of Holder and Powell ensured that West Indies will post a challenging total of 195/4 on the scoreboard. Holder scored unbeaten 37 runs from 22 deliveries while Rovman Powell amassed unbeaten 34 runs from 19 balls and the dup added 70 runs from the last five overs.

Bringing in Jasprit Bumrah into the attack turned out be a smart move from captain Suryakumar Yadav as the right-arm pacer picked two wickets in the same over. He dismissed Shimron Hetmyer (27) and Roston Chase (40) in the 12th over. Sherfane Rutherford soon followed them back to the pavillion as he was dismised on brilliant seaming delivery from Hardik Pandya. Two new batters Jason Holder and Rovman Powell are at the crease and they will have a repsonsibillity to prove the team with a solid finish.

India got the much needed breakthrough of Shai hope as Varun Chakrvarthy cleaned him up. Shimron Hetmyer, who has shown consistent power hitting in the tournament with sublime form is at the crease. Hetmyer can play big hits against spinners and he will be aimin to up the temp while Chase is playing his shots from the other end. Hetmyer has also most sxies in the touranment surpassing previous count of Sahibzada Farhan (18).

West Indies have got to a strong start as both the openers have got a cautious approach and a luck has also favoured them. Roston Chase survived a run out once and then Abhishek Sharma dropped a sitter that gave him the second lifeline. Skipper Shai Hope has scored run-a-ball 25 while Chase has amassed 20 runs from 11 deliveries so far.

India: Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Hardik Pandya, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah

West Indies: Shai Hope(w/c), Roston Chase, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd, Jason Holder, Matthew Forde, Akeal Hosein, Gudakesh Motie, Shamar Joseph

India have won the toss and the team has decided to bowl first considering the dew factor which might play a key role in the match. India are going in with unchanged XI while West Indies have made one change. Akeal Hosein has come in place of Bradon King for the Caribbean side.

In the 30 T20Is played between the two teams, India have won 19 matches while West Indies have won a total of 10 fixtures. One match ended in no result. In the T20 World Cup, both teams have won two matches each out of the four contests they have played.