West Indies vs Scotland, T20 World Cup Highlights: Shepherd’s stunning 4-wicket over seals comprehensive win for West Indies

West Indies vs Scotland, T20 World Cup Highlights: Romario Shepherd finished with figures of 5/20 as his four-wicket over, which included a hat-trick, quickly ended any chance Scotland had of pulling off an upset.

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West Indies vs Scotland, T20 World Cup Highlights: Romario Shepherd took as many as four wickets in the 17th over, including a hat-trick, which sent Scotland crashing down after it looked like they might be able to pull off an upset during the middle-overs of their chase. West Indies took three wickets in the powerplay but a 78-run stand off just 47 balls between Tom Bruce and Richie Berrington brought Scotland right back into the game. Jason Holder then put a pause on Scotland’s progress by dismissing Berrington in the 15th over.

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Earlier, Spurred by Shimron Hetmyer’s 64 off 36 balls, coupled with handy contributions from Brandon King (35), Sherfane Rutherford (26) and Rovman Powell (24), the West Indies managed to score 182/5 in 20 overs in their T20 World Cup 2026 opener at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

Hetmyer got to his half century in just 22 balls, in what was a record for West Indies in T20 World Cups. West Indies had been asked to bat first at the Eden Gardens after losing the toss to Richie Berrington’s Scotland this afternoon.

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Match EndedICC Men's T20 World Cup, 2026 - Match 2

West Indies

182/5 (20.0)

Scotland

147 (18.5)

Match Ended ( Match 2 )
West Indies beat Scotland by 35 runs

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Feb 7, 2026 06:36 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: West Indies beat Scotland by 35 runs

And Romario Shepherd ends it with a stunner of a catch quite fittingly! Watt goes down the track and tries to hit Holder's fifth ball in the 19th off side. Ends up taking an outside edge, Shepherd dives back over his head to take the catch at short third and end the match. Well, Scotland for a while looked set to pull of a shocker but it all unravelled at breakneck speed for them. A little piece of history for Romario Shepherd to take home, a strong start to the tournament for the West Indies. They are all smiles out there at the Eden Gardens.

That's it from here but the action is only beginning really. Over in Mumbai, the USA have won the toss and chosen to bowl first against India. Follow that match live HERE. It's goodbye from here for now!

Feb 7, 2026 06:31 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: OUT! Make that FOUR in the over for Shepherd!

Shepherd has shepherded West Indies to victory here. One run and FOUR WICKETS in the 18th over. Absolutely unreal. It was a slot ball, Sharif takes a big swipe trying to hit ot over mid-off. Jason Holder is the fielder there and it goes straight to him for the easiest of catches.

Romario Shepherd has figures of 5/20 in 3 overs.

Scotland 133/9 in 17 overs

Feb 7, 2026 06:27 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: OUT! A T20 WORLD CUP HAT-TRICK FOR ROMARIO SHEPHERD!

Oh he has done! History for Shepherd! Full length delivery from around the wicket, Davidson with a rather weak prod forward. The ball beats the inside edge and takes the top of off.

Davidson b Shepherd 0 (1)

Scotland 133/8 in 16.4 overs

Feb 7, 2026 06:26 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: GONE! Two in two for Shepherd!

Shepherd with a length ball outside off, Michael Leask tries to send it over midwiciet. Powell comes running in from long on, dives forward and takes a brilliant catch but it looks like he might have hurt himself here.

Leask c Powell b Shepherd 0 (1)

Scotland 133/7

Feb 7, 2026 06:24 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: OUT! Cross is next to fall

Wide yorker from Shepherd, Cross tries to steer it away off side. The ball pops up straight to the fielder at point. It's all ending in a jiffy now for Scotland.

Cross c Rutherford b Shepherd 11 (11)

Scotland 133/6 in 16.2 overs

Feb 7, 2026 06:19 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: Scotland need 51 to win from 24 balls

Just seven runs off Shamar Joseph in the 16th over. That's three overs from which only single digit scores have come and this is slipping away from Scotland again. Scotland need just one big over here though, and this next one could be the over that decides where this match goes really. Romario Shepherd to bowl it.

Cross on 11 off 10, Mark Watt on strike on three off three.

Scotland 132/5 in 16 overs

Feb 7, 2026 06:10 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: OUT! Tom Bruce falls now

Is that the game? Gudakesh Motie and West Indies appeal for LBW and Nitin Menon raises his finger. Bruce reviews but its more out of hope than anything else. It missed the inside edge and it's not a no ball. Bruce is at the boundary already when ball-tracking shows three reds.

Bruce lbw b Motie 35 (28)

Scotland 122/5 in 14.3 overs

Feb 7, 2026 06:07 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: Scotland 119/4 in 14 overs, need 64 to win from 36 balls

Just five runs and that all-important wicket in that over from Holder but it could have been two had Shai Hope taken off the bails instead of aiming a throw at the non-striker's end. Cross sent the first delivery he faced through backward point and set off. The batters returned for two but Akeal Hosein had fired a throw at the striker's. Hope, though, didn't seem to be aware that Cross was in trouble coming back his way and didn't whip off the bails. If he had, Cross was gone.

Feb 7, 2026 06:03 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: GONE! Holder ends the stand

Cometh the hour, cometh the legend. Jason Holder bowls the second ball of the 14th over wide outside off, around 126kph, it sits up nicely, Berrington slashes his cut and it goes straight to deep point.

Berrington c Joseph b Holder 42 (24)

Scotland 115/4 in 13.2 overs

Feb 7, 2026 05:53 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: Scotland cross 100

Well this chase isn't really going anywhere but at the same time, West Indies would be wary of the fact that they haven't exactly put this to bed. Tom Bruce smashed a six and a four in that 12th over from Shepherd, which allowed Scotland to take 15 from it.

Scotland 101/3 in 12 overs

Feb 7, 2026 05:39 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: Scotland 55/3 in 8 overs

Gudakesh Motie gives just five runs in the seventh over. Berrington then manages to smash the first ball of the eighth by Akeal Hosein over extra cover for a six. Three singles and a rather lucky hack over backward point for two makes it 12 off the eighth over.

Feb 7, 2026 05:20 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: OUT! OH A SCREAMER OF A CATCH FROM HETMYER!

Early contender for catch of the tournament! Munsey pulls the fourth ball of the sixth over from Shamar Joseph off his hips. Hetmyer runs in from fine leg, puts in a dive and takes the catch while still in the air one handed. That is a picture that will be played again and again over the course of this tournament.

Munsey c Hetmyer b Joseph 19 (15)

Scotland 37/3 in 5.4 overs

Feb 7, 2026 05:18 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: GONE! Shepherd makes it 2 for West Indies in powerplay

Oh well, he scoops the ball on to his own stumps. It was premeditated, McMullen leaps across to the off side, trying to scoop the third ball of the fourth over fine leg. The ball goes off an under edge and demolishes the stumps.

McMullen b Shepherd 14 (12)

Scotland 31/2 in 4.3 overs

Feb 7, 2026 05:11 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: GONE! Holder breaks through for West Indies!

Caught at square leg! Length ball from Holder, Jones tried to heave it to the boundary through square leg but he can't keep it down. The ball wasn't full enoug really. Jones ended up catching more air than distance on that shot.

Jones c Rutherford b Holder 1 (5)

Scotland 7/1 in 1.3 overs

Feb 7, 2026 05:03 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: Now for the Scotland chase...

Matthew Forde has the new ball in his hands. George Munsey on strike with Michael Jones at the other end. Scotland need to chase 183 to cause an upset here.

Feb 7, 2026 04:47 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: Hetmyer speaks

Shimron Hetmyer, while speaking to Carlos Brathwaite, says: "It was good and bad because of how hot it was! [Partnership with Powell?] Batting with a clear mind... Limit the dot balls, that's something we speak about as a group. We are a boundary-hitting team, everyone knows that. [Fitter?] I would like to think so! At home, I did some work. I have my trainer, my wife at home, who pushes me to go the extra mile. Just happy to be on the field and contributing to the team."

Feb 7, 2026 04:44 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: West Indies innings ends

Lucky last-minute entrants, Scotland, will have to chase down a total of 183 runs if they want to win their opening game of the T20 World Cup.

A six in the final over, but just a single in the rest of the final over by West Indies.

They looked poised to breach the 200-run mark today, but slipped with twin wickets of Shimron Hetmyer and Sherfane Rutherford in successive deliveries.

Feb 7, 2026 04:38 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: Two balls, two wickets!

West Indies losing steam just when the 200-run mark looked in sight. On the final ball of the 19th over, West Indies lose the half centurion, Hetmeyer, at deep long on.

Then on the first ball of the 20th over, they lose the wicket of Rutherford, who is caught at deep cover!

Shimron Hetmyer c McMullen b Sharif 64 (36b 2x4 6x6) SR: 177.77

Sherfane Rutherford c Jones b Currie 26 (13b 4x4 1x6) SR: 200

Feb 7, 2026 04:25 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: 150 up for West Indies

Rutherford, who joins Hetmeyer in the middle, is showing that he can strike the ball at will too, just like the half centurion he has joined in the middle.

The 17th over is the perfect antidote to the 16th over, where West Indies could score just two runs and lost a wicket.

West Indies scored 14 runs in the 17th over, thanks to three boundaries, two of which came from the blade of Rutherford!

After 17 overs, West Indies are 154/3

Feb 7, 2026 04:20 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: GONE!

Another wicket gone! This time it's the dangerous Rovman Powell who loses his wicket at deep backward square leg while trying to accelerate the pace of the innings.

Rovman Powell c Jones b Currie 24 (14b 1x4 2x6) SR: 171.42

Feb 7, 2026 04:14 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: 50 up for Hetmeyer

What an innings from Shimron Hetmeyer! He smashes a half century in just 22 balls, which is the fastest by a West Indian batter in a T20 World Cup.

He reached the milestone in some style, with a massive six at the Eden Gardens!

The West Indies, meanwhile, seem poised to reach somewhere close to 200 runs.

Feb 7, 2026 04:06 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: WI cutting loose

West Indies in the first 10 overs: 66 runs. West Indies in the three overs since the 10th over: 49 runs!

15 runs in the 11th over, 17 runs each in the 12th and 13th overs!

Hetmeyer has hit just one four, and five sixes to reaching 45 in 21 balls! Some magnificent power hitting from him.

After 13 overs, West Indies are 115/2

Feb 7, 2026 03:54 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: After 11 overs, WI are 81/2

Two sixes in an over from West Indies with both Powell (over midwicket) and Hetmeyer (over long on) slapping the ball for maximums.

15 runs in that over!

Scotland shoulders starting to droop.

Feb 7, 2026 03:49 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: ANOTHER WICKET!

Just like that, both West Indies are back in the hut! Brandon King follows Shai Hope to the dressing room. He tried to hit a ball from Davidson to the backward point, but Munsey pushes the ball into the sky before catching the ball at the second attempt. A volleyball serve of a catch to leave West Indies at 58/2

Brandon King c Munsey b Davidson 35 (30b 4x4 1x6) SR: 116.66

Feb 7, 2026 03:44 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: GONE!!

A BREAKTHROUGH FOR SCOTLAND RIGHT AFTER THAT 17-RUN OVER! Shai Hope departs!

Scotland might be late entrants to the T20 World Cup, replacing Bangladesh, but they have landed a blow on the West Indies in the 9th over!

Leask hits the stump with a ball that flummoxes Hope!

Shai Hope b Leask 19 (22b 2x4 0x6) SR: 86.36

Feb 7, 2026 03:39 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: 17 runs in an over!

Just what did West Indies's opening pair consume during the drinks break! Safyaan Sharif comes in for his second over of the day, and Brandon King starts smashing the ball around! He the tonks the first ball of the over at long on for a six, hits the second ball to the ropes, then sends the third ball to the ropes again at deep point. After that early flourish, the West Indies opening pair take three singles on the final three balls.

Good cricket from them!

West Indies cross the 50-run mark in that explosive over!

West Indies are 50/0 after 7 overs

Feb 7, 2026 03:33 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: After 6 overs, WI are 33/0

West Indies are playing with the urgency of a man on a vacation. After scoring around 7 runs per over in the first four overs, King and Hope score just six runs in the final two overs of the powerplay, with two runs from those coming in the 6th over.

The 6th over is usually where most teams try to punish the bowler and capitalise on the field restrictions. But not the West Indies.

Shai Hope and Brandon King are chilling like they're playing a Test match as we head into the first drinks break of the game.

Feb 7, 2026 03:17 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: After 2 overs, WI are 14/0

After the game started with a first ball boundary, we have some risk-free cricket here from the West Indies. Windies have scored seven runs from each of the first two overs against Scotland. One boundary each in the first two overs with nothing being hit in the air.

Feb 7, 2026 03:02 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: Here we go!

West Indies' Brandon King and Shai Hope are in the middle while Scotland hand the ball to McMullen!

The first game of the T20 World Cup 2026 almost saw an upset. Will the second game of the day and the T20 World Cup deliver?

We shall see!

Feb 7, 2026 02:40 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: Playing XI

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

Scotland XI: George Munsey, Matthew Cross(w), Brandon McMullen, Michael Jones, Tom Bruce, Richie Berrington(c), Michael Leask, Oliver Davidson, Mark Watt, Brad Currie, Safyaan Sharif

Feb 7, 2026 02:32 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: Toss

Toss coming up from Group C clash in Kolkata

Shai Hope and Richie Berrington will be out in the middle for the coin flip.

TOSS: Scotland win toss, opt to bowl

Richie Berrington: We will bowl first. There's a real positive feeling around the group. We have got a fantastic week to prep ever since we came here to Bangalore.

Shai Hope: Haven't won a toss in a while. Probably would've bowled as well. Every time we cross the line, we have to think we will win. Slightly delayed but he's in and raring to go. Whenever you represent the region, it's always a great feeling.

Feb 7, 2026 02:26 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: Pak suffer Dutch scare!

Pakistan have scraped past the Dutchman with five wickets to spare as a Faheem Ashraf cameo saves the day for the side from the brink. HIGHLIGHTS

Feb 7, 2026 02:07 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: Upset looming in Sri Lanka?

As we build up to toss time in Kolkata, an upset is on the cards in the tournament opener as Pakistan have gone seven down in their pursuit of 148 against the Netherlands!

Feb 7, 2026 01:48 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: Kolkata weather report

Expect a bright and clear Saturday afternoon in Kolkata. The temperature is set to peak at 26°C, paired with a comfortable humidity range of 35% to 45%

Feb 7, 2026 01:29 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: Predicted Playing XIs

West Indies: Shai Hope (c & wk), Brandon King, Johnson Charles, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Roston Chase, Jason Holder, Romario Shepherd, Gudakesh Motie, Akeal Hosein.

Scotland: Michael Jones, Mark Watt, Brandon McMullen, Richie Berrington (c), George Munsey, Matthew Cross (wk), Michael Leask, Chris Greaves, Brad Wheal, Brad Currie, Safyaan Sharif.

Feb 7, 2026 01:09 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: Squads

Scotland Squad: Michael Jones, Mark Watt, Brandon McMullen, Richie Berrington(c), Tom Bruce, Matthew Cross(w), Oliver Davidson, Brad Currie, Zainullah Ihsan, Brad Wheal, Safyaan Sharif, Michael Leask, George Munsey, Finlay McCreath, Chris Greaves

West Indies Squad: Brandon King, Shai Hope(w/c), Johnson Charles, Roston Chase, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Quentin Sampson, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Matthew Forde, Shamar Joseph, Shimron Hetmyer, Gudakesh Motie, Romario Shepherd, Jayden Seales

Feb 7, 2026 01:02 PM IST

WI vs SCOT Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: Welcome

The Indian leg of the 10th edition of the T20 World Cup will get underway at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata, the venue of the final from the 2016 edition, the last held in the country. The then champions West Indies will be in action, taking on Scotland. There isn't the overwhelming expectation lingering over Shai Hope and his men, and the might just be liberating for the West Indies this time.

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