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The thrill that was expected to be seen in the T20 World Cup 2026 match played between two former two-time champions did not happen. The clash between West Indies and England, which started the tournament strongly with victory, at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai proved to be almost one-sided, in which West Indies, captained by Shay Hope, won by 30 runs. After Sharfan Rutherford's explosive innings of 7 sixes, West Indies won the second consecutive match on the basis of a 72-ball spell by the spinners.

These two teams also faced each other in the T20 World Cup played in India about 10 years ago. In the T20 World Cup 2016, England and West Indies faced each other directly in the final, where in a surprising manner, West Indies won the title with the help of 4 consecutive sixes in the last over. Once again, in the competition between these two teams on Indian soil, the Caribbean team prevailed and registered an easy victory.

In this match, West Indies, batting first, scored 196 runs after losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. However, it had a bad start and both the openers returned to the pavilion in just 1.1 overs. But despite this, Shimron Hetmyer and Roston Chase handled the innings. But the real miracle was done by explosive left-handed batsman Sharfan Rutherford.

Rutherford, who has been in an explosive rhythm for the last few months, scored unbeaten 76 runs in just 42 balls, which included 7 sixes and 2 fours. He was given excellent support by Jason Holder, whose bat scored 33 runs in just 17 balls in the last overs. For England, veteran spinner Adil Rashid took 2 wickets for just 16 runs.

Unlike West Indies, England had a promising start but by the time they reached the end, the train derailed and the team was bundled out for 166 runs in 19 overs. For that, Phil Salt had made a strong start by scoring 30 runs in just 14 balls. Then Jos Buttler and Jacob Batchelor also took the team beyond 70 runs in the powerplay with their fast batting. But from here the spin trio of West Indies laid their net and one by one the English batsmen got trapped.

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