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T20 World Cup: West Indies crush Nepal by nine wickets to become first to reach Super 8s | Cricket News – The Tech Word News

February 15, 2026
West Indies’ Shimron Hetmyer hits a six (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) West Indies became the first team to reach the Super Eights stage of the T20 World Cup after an easy nine-wicket victory over Nepal at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. They dominated the match from start to finish and chased the goal with ease.Batting first, Nepal struggled badly against the West Indies bowlers. They lost early wickets and struggled at 22 for 3 and then 46 for 5, putting themselves under a lot of pressure.

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The only batsman who struggled was Dipendra Singh Airee, he scored 58 runs to help Nepal pass 100. Sompal Kami also contributed 26 but the rest of the team could not score much. Nepal finished with 133 runs for 8 wickets in their 20 overs.The West Indies bowlers were formidable. Jason Holder was the outstanding player with figures of 4 wickets for 27 runs while Matthew Forde bowled very tight and claimed one wicket for just 10 runs in his four overs.In West Indies’ reply, the chase looked very easy. Captain Shai Hope played a calm and confident innings scoring 61 not out with five fours and three sixes. Shimron Hetmyer supported him well with 46 not out and together they added an unbeaten partnership of 91 runs. West Indies reached the target in just 15.2 overs with 28 balls to spare and lost just one wicket.The win saw West Indies top their group and become the first team to qualify for the Super Eights. On the other hand, Nepal was eliminated from the tournament and can no longer advance to the next stage.

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