Sherfane Rutherford and Jason Holder laid the platform with the bat earlier than the spin duo of Gudakesh Motie and Roston Chase sealed the deal, because the West Indies earned its second consecutive Males’s T20 World Cup 2026 victory with a commanding 30-run win over England on the Wankhede Stadium.
Requested to bat, West Indies posted 196 for six, thanks largely to Rutherford’s unbeaten 76 (42b, 2×4, 7×6). His 61-run stand off simply 32 deliveries with Holder (33, 17b, 1×4, 4×6) lifted the entire from aggressive to imposing.
The pair was watchful towards leg-spinner Adil Rashid however went laborious on the seamers within the closing overs. Rutherford raised his fifty with a pick-up over deep sq. leg off Jamie Overton, whereas Holder smashed Sam Curran for 3 sixes within the seventeenth over. A dropped return catch by Rashid when Rutherford was on 56 proved pricey as the ultimate six overs yielded wealthy dividends.
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England started briskly, racing to 67 for one within the Powerplay with Phil Salt taking the assault to Holder, tonking him for 3 sixes and as many fours within the second over. However the innings unravelled within the center overs. Chase had Jos Buttler gap out, and Motie then turned the screws — deceiving Tom Banton in flight, inducing a return catch from captain Harry Brook, and producing a faster one to fortress a set Jacob Bethell.
Although Curran fought a lone battle, England was bowled out for 166 in 19 overs, handing the Caribbean facet a rousing begin in entrance of a 21,000-strong crowd.
Printed on Feb 11, 2026