Many amazing records have been broken in the T20 World Cup 2026, which were standing for many years. One such record was broken during the match between India and West Indies, the hero of which was Caribbean batsman Shimron Hetmyer. In the last match of the Super-8 round against India, West Indies batsman Hetmyer could not play a big innings but during this period he broke the record of hitting the most sixes in the tournament. By hitting 2 sixes in this match, Hetmyer became the batsman to hit the most sixes in a T20 World Cup.
West Indies batted first in the match played on Sunday 1 March at Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. For West Indies in this match Roston Chase and Captain Shay Hope Gave a strong start and made a half-century partnership. After the fall of the first wicket, left-handed batsman Hetmyer came to the crease again, who performed consistently well in this World Cup and played many explosive innings.
Hetmyer made a record of sixes
This time too, Hetmyer started with a bang and hit a six off Hardik Pandya. Even after this, his attack continued and after a few balls he also hit a tremendous sixer against Varun Chakraborty. With this second six, Hetmyer became the batsman with the most number of sixes in a T20 World Cup. Hetmyer has 19 sixes in his name in 7 innings of this World Cup.
In this case, the star batsman of West Indies broke the record of Pakistan opener Sahibzada Farhan, who had made it a day earlier. Sahibzada Farhan has 18 sixes in his name and in this case he broke the record of former West Indies great Nicholas Pooran, who had hit 17 sixes in the 2024 World Cup.
Bumrah put a break on the innings
However, Hetmyer’s innings could not last long this time and he returned to the pavilion after getting out on the ball of Jasprit Bumrah. But before returning to the pavilion, he scored 27 runs in just 12 balls in his innings, which included 2 sixes and 1 four. As far as Bumrah is concerned, he made Hetmyer his victim for the second time in 3 innings of T20 International. But the Indian pacer did not stop there. Bumrah gave another blow to West Indies in the same over. This time he dismissed Roston Chase, who had scored 40 runs quickly.
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