India vs West Indies T20 World Cup LIVE: A do-or-die situation for both India and West Indies

Men successful Blue could counter-attack against Romario Shepherd’s mean pace, arsenic Ishan Kishan (strike complaint of 200 crossed 4 innings and conscionable 1 dismissal, 28 runs scored) and Suryakumar (strike complaint of 160 crossed 5 innings, 1 dismissal, 60 runs scored) clasp a fantastic grounds against him.

Shimron Hetmyer has been WI’s champion stake with the bat and his occurrence astatine fig 3 has been highly heartening from WI’s standpoint, having made 221 runs successful six innings astatine an mean of 44.20 and a onslaught complaint of 182.64 and 2 fifties.

However, India has a cure for a imaginable Hetmyer masterclass successful nary different than Jasprit Bumrah. Men successful Blue’s beloved ‘Jassi Bhai’, who is conscionable 3 wickets shy of 500 planetary wickets, has dismissed the left-hander 5 times successful 9 innings. Hetmyer has been capable to marque conscionable 15 runs against him astatine a onslaught complaint of 71.

Left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh has a knack for removing some Hetmyer (three dismissals successful 13 innings, conceding 87 runs astatine an SR of 155) and Rovman Powell (three dismissals successful six innings, 56 runs conceded astatine an SR of 200), portion Axar Patel has wholly dominated Jason Holder with 3 wickets successful six innings, giving distant conscionable 14 runs astatine a onslaught complaint of conscionable 82.

Also, this venue is the champion spot for wrist spinner Varun Chakravarthy to retrieve from flimsy dip successful form, arsenic it is his location venue portion wearing Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) successful the Indian Premier League (IPL). While helium continues to instrumentality wickets and is India’s apical wicket taker this tourney with 11 scalps astatine an mean of implicit 13, his fortunes person dwindled a spot successful Super Eight phase. -- ANI

Veteran West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder volition beryllium a cardinal subordinate successful absorption with regards to match-ups during the virtual quarterfinal for the past semifinal spot against Team India astatine Kolkata’s Eden Gardens connected Sunday.

Holder has been important successful WI’s occurrence this tournament, scoring 104 runs successful 4 innings astatine a onslaught complaint of implicit 176 and taking 8 wickets astatine an mean of 20.75 with a four-wicket haul to his name.

Holder’s experience, enactment and finnese volition beryllium cardinal to Windies reaching the semifinals arsenic helium holds coagulated match-ups against 3 Indian batters successful T20Is arsenic per CricViz data:

Sanju Samson (four dismissals successful 10 innings, conceding 57 runs astatine a onslaught complaint of 110), 

Hardik Pandya (four dismissals successful 7 innings, conceding 33 runs astatine a onslaught complaint of 110) 

Skipper Suryakumar Yadav (three dismissals successful 9 innings, conceding 83 runs astatine a onslaught complaint of 160).

South African skipper Temba Bavuma backed the Men successful Blue to marque it to the last four, pointing however the bowling, peculiarly of spinner Varun Chakravarthy could beryllium the quality betwixt these 2 sides with anticipation of immoderate crook astatine Eden Gardens successful Kolkata.

However, the prima spinner has deed a flimsy unsmooth spot successful the Super Eight signifier aft a stunning commencement successful the radical stage.

Speaking to ANI up of the South Africa-Zimbabwe clash astatine Arun Jaitley Stadium, Bavuma, serving arsenic a commentator, said that portion WI tin lucifer with immoderate broadside successful presumption of their hitting abilities, and India is simply a squad which tin adhd “extra 20 runs to their score. So it is bowling wherever determination is immoderate difference, with India featuring superstar bowlers similar Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav arsenic frontline bowlers and Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube arsenic all-rounders.”

“It is exciting. I deliberation the West Indies is simply a squad that tin lucifer immoderate powerfulness from a batting constituent of view. So, you know, I cannot telephone overmuch there. Probably successful the bowling, wherever I would accidental determination is simply a quality betwixt the 2 bowling attacks, wherever India are successful favour, it is successful Kolkata. Look, erstwhile we played there, the trial match, I mean, it spun rather a lot,” said Bavuma.

“So, obviously, you bash not expect it to play similar that. But obviously, determination is that quality for it to turn. I mean, India has that strength, right? Chakravarthy is determination waiting. West Indies has a mates of left-handers (In-form Shimron Hetmyer and Sherfane Rutherford). So possibly you could spot that. I deliberation India arsenic well, you know, you benignant of ever adhd an other 20 runs to their score. So, arsenic breathtaking arsenic it is, I bash spot India going done to the semifinals,” helium added. -- ANI

The City of Joy is mourning the nonaccomplishment of 1 of its favourite writers, Sankar. Add to it the earthquake that struck the metropolis connected Friday (February 27, 2026). Even if determination were nary casualties, the interest was real. Within this theatre, the Men successful Blue anticipation to supply cheer arsenic they instrumentality connected the West Indies astatine the historical Eden Gardens successful Kolkata connected Sunday nighttime (March 1, 2026).

The ICC T20 World Cup’s Super Eight Group 1 fixture is simply a virtual knockout, arsenic the victor would sail into the semifinals. Decades ago, a limited-overs clash betwixt India and the West Indies would often plaything the latter’s mode adjacent if Kapil’s Devils won the 1983 World Cup aft stunning Clive Lloyd’s men. 

In 2016, Daren Sammy was the West Indies captain, who seized the ICC World T20 astatine the Eden Gardens. Striding into the aforesaid venue but with a role-shift arsenic coach, Sammy said, “Well, I person ne'er seen past repetition itself.”

Elaborating further connected Sunday’s (March 1, 2026) Super Eight crippled against India, Sammy said, “To triumph this tournament, you person to spell done India astatine immoderate point. We are going to play a bully crippled successful bid to travel retired victorious. It volition inactive consciousness similar a David and Goliath showdown, but successful 2016, David did decision Goliath, truthful that’s what I volition archer my boys. All my soldiers are acceptable for battle.”