West Indies Cricket Team vs India National Cricket Team Match Scorecard

In the West Indies Cricket Team vs India National Cricket Team Match Scorecard of March 1, 2026, India beat West Indies by 5 wickets (with 4 balls remaining) at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. West Indies posted 195/4 (Chase 40, Holder 37*, Powell 34). India chased 196 in 19.2 overs (Samson 97*, Tilak 27, Pandya 17). Sanju Samson’s unbeaten 97 off 50 balls (SR: 194) sealed India’s semi-final berth in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026.

Match Summary at a Glance

Detail	Information
Match	ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, 52nd Match, Super Eights Group 1
Date	March 1, 2026 (Night)
Venue	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Toss	India won, elected to bowl
West Indies Score	195/4 (20 overs)
India Score	199/5 (19.2 overs)
Result	India won by 5 wickets (4 balls remaining)
Player of the Match	Sanju Samson (97* off 50 balls)
Impact	India qualified for T20 WC 2026 semi-finals
Conditions	25.97°C, Humidity 83%, Pace and bounce pitch

The West Indies Cricket Team vs India National Cricket Team Match Scorecard. from Eden Gardens is not a routine Super 8 result. It is the match that launched Sanju Samson’s historic World Cup run. His 97* here  the innings that ESPN described as the birth of his “late run of form” directly set up his 89 in the Final against New Zealand and his Player of the Series award.

Full Scorecard: West Indies Innings (195/4 in 20 Overs)

India won the toss and elected to bowl at Eden Gardens a decision that looked questionable by over 9. West Indies’ top order was aggressive from ball one. Roston Chase’s 40 off 25 balls set the platform. Shimron Hetmyer’s 27 off 12 (SR: 225) was the innings that accelerated West Indies from 100 to 145 in five overs. But here is what the scorecard does not tell you: India’s bowlers conceded 16 wides across the innings, Sloppy execution that nearly cost them a semi-final place.

West Indies Batting Scorecard

Batter	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Dismissal
Roston Chase	40	25	5	1	160.00	c Suryakumar b Bumrah
Shai Hope	32	33	3	1	96.97	b Varun Chakravarthy
Shimron Hetmyer	27	12	1	2	225.00	c Samson b Bumrah
Sherfane Rutherford	14	9	0	1	155.56	c Samson b Hardik
Rovman Powell	34*	19	3	2	178.95	Not out
Jason Holder	37*	22	2	3	168.18	Not out
Extras	11	—	—	—	—	(w 10, lb 1)
Total	195/4	120	—	—	9.75 RPO

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Fall of Wickets: West Indies

Wicket	Score	Batter	Over
1st	68	Shai Hope	8.5
2nd	102	Shimron Hetmyer	11.3
3rd	103	Roston Chase	11.5
4th	119	Sherfane Rutherford	14.1

West Indies were 103/3 after 12 overs a modest position. Powell and Holder added 76 unbeaten runs in the final 8 overs (9.5 RPO) to take the total from gettable to dangerous.

India Bowling (West Indies Innings)

Bowler	Overs	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides
Arshdeep Singh	4	43	0	10.75	3
Hardik Pandya	4	40	1	10.00	3
Axar Patel	4	35	0	8.75	0
Jasprit Bumrah	4	36	2	9.00	0
Varun Chakravarthy	4	40	1	10.00	0

Bumrah was India’s only disciplined bowler. Arshdeep’s 43 runs from 4 overs (economy 10.75) was his worst Super 8 return of the tournament. Without Holder and Powell’s unbeaten 76, this is a 165–170 total and a comfortable chase.

West Indies Innings: Phase Breakdown

Phase	Overs	Runs	Wickets	RPO
Powerplay	0-6	62	0	10.33
Middle	7-15	78	4	8.67
Death (16-20)	16-20	55	0	11.00

West Indies’ death overs without a single wicket falling, 55 runs in 5 overs off India’s supposedly best death bowlers was the critical pressure point that set up a tense chase.

Full Scorecard: India Chase (199/5 in 19.2 Overs)

Chasing 196 at Eden Gardens, India were 41/2 after 4.3 overs. Abhishek Sharma gone for 10. Ishan Kishan gone for 10. The asking rate was 11.2 when Sanju Samson was joined by Suryakumar Yadav at the crease. What followed was one of the great World Cup chases in T20 history not for its fireworks, but for its ice-cold precision under maximum pressure.

India Batting Scorecard

Batter	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Dismissal
Abhishek Sharma	10	11	2	0	90.91	c Hetmyer b Hosein
Sanju Samson (Not Out)	97*	50	12	4	194.00	Not out
Ishan Kishan	10	6	2	0	166.67	c Hetmyer b Holder
Suryakumar Yadav	18	16	1	1	112.50	c Rutherford b Joseph
Tilak Varma	27	15	4	1	180.00	c Hetmyer b Holder
Hardik Pandya	17	14	2	0	121.43	c Holder b Joseph
Shivam Dube (Not Out)	8	4	2	0	200.00	Not out
Extras	12	—	—	—	—	(w 7, lb 5)
Total	199/5	116	—	—	10.29 RPO

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Fall of Wickets: India

Wicket	Score	Batter	Over
1st	29	Abhishek Sharma	2.6
2nd	41	Ishan Kishan	4.3
3rd	99	Suryakumar Yadav	10.2
4th	141	Tilak Varma	14.4
5th	179	Hardik Pandya	18.2

The most important number in this entire scorecard is 179/5 in 18.2 overs. India still needed 17 runs off 10 balls. Samson was on 87. What followed, 20 runs in 12 balls between Samson and Dube is described below.

West Indies Bowling (India Chase)

Bowler	Overs	Runs	Wickets	Economy
Akeal Hosein	2	22	1	11.00
Matthew Forde	3	22	0	7.33
Jason Holder	4	38	2	9.50
Gudakesh Motie	2	18	0	9.00
Romario Shepherd	2.2	34	0	14.57
Shamar Joseph	4	42	2	10.50
Roston Chase	2	18	0	9.00

Jason Holder’s 2/38. Taking Kishan and Tilak Varma kept West Indies in the match. Shamar Joseph’s 2/42 included the big wickets of Suryakumar and Pandya. Without Joseph’s double strike between overs 10 and 18, Samson would have reached his hundred with ease.

India Chase: Phase Breakdown

Phase	Overs	Runs	Wickets	RPO	Match Situation
Powerplay	0-6	53	2	8.83	Crisis — 2 down in first 4.3
Middle (1)	7-15	88	2	9.78	Samson rebuilds
Middle (2)	16-18	40	1	13.33	Samson accelerates
Death	18.3-19.2	20	0	14.50	Samson + Dube close it

The key phase was overs 7-15: 88 runs for 2 wickets. Samson and Suryakumar (58-run partnership off 32 balls) reset the chase completely, taking it from “dangerous” to “India in control.”

The Turning Point: Sanju Samson’s 97*: What the Numbers Hide

The West Indies Cricket Team vs India National Cricket Team Match Scorecard. shows 97*. But the context behind that number is what no competitor article has ever fully explained.

Key Samson stats from this innings:

Metric	Detail
Score	97* off 50 balls
Strike Rate	194.00
50 reached in	26 balls
Boundaries	12 fours, 4 sixes
Not Out in chases	First time in 29 T20 chases (IPL + T20I combined)
Runs at 41/2	India needed 155 off 92 balls when he took control

What people think: Samson got lucky because West Indies had no spinner who could tie him down.

What actually happened: Samson identified from ball one that Holder and Joseph were targeting his stumps at full length. He adjusted his stance wider and slightly deeper and pulled everything on his pads through mid-wicket. 12 of his 16 boundaries came on the leg side. West Indies had no tactical answer.

The Final 10 Balls: Over-by-Over Finish

This is where the match was won and lost. At 179/5 in over 18, India needed 17 off 10 balls with Samson on 87.

Ball	Bowler	Event	Score
18.3	Shepherd	4 (Dube, square drive)	183
18.4	Shepherd	4 (Dube, pull)	187
19.1	Shepherd	6 (Samson, over mid-on — scores level)	195
19.2	Shepherd	4 (Samson, leg side — India win)	199

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Romario Shepherd conceded 20 runs in 4 balls to end the match. Samson reached 97 and never got to celebrate a century a fact that adds bittersweet colour to an exceptional performance. Three more balls and he would have become only the second player to score a T20 World Cup Super 8 century.

Why India Won: Three Structural Advantages

The West Indies Cricket Team vs India National Cricket Team Match Scorecard. points to three reasons India won despite being 41/2 in 4.3 overs:

• Batting at position 1, Samson absorbed the powerplay pressure that would have sunk a lesser middle-order player. Opening in T20 chases a role thrust upon him by circumstance suited his game perfectly.
• Tilak Varma’s 27 off 15 (SR 180) was the innings nobody talks about. He took the pressure off Samson at a critical juncture (over 11-14), allowing Samson to reset before his final acceleration.
• India’s batting depth held. Even at 179/5 needing 17, Shivam Dube at number 7 contributed 8 off 4 (SR 200). There was no panic in the lower order.

Original observation: This match proved that India’s T20 template under Rohit Sharma has fundamentally changed. They no longer need a powerplay blazer to win.

The new India template: absorb early pressure, build through overs 5-15, explode in the death. West Indies built their bowling plan around India’s powerplay aggression and Samson simply refused to play that game.

Tournament Context: Why This Match Mattered Beyond the Result

This Super 8 win was India’s ticket to the semi-finals. A loss here would have ended their title defence.

Super Eights Group 1 Table (final standings)

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Points
India	3	3	0	6
West Indies	3	1	2	2
Zimbabwe	3	1	2	2

India won all three Super 8 matches to advance as group toppers. This win against West Indies the toughest of the three confirmed India’s mental toughness in chases, a quality that directly contributed to their final victory over New Zealand.

Head-to-Head: India vs West Indies in T20 World Cups

Year	Stage	Winner	Margin
2007	Final	India	5 runs
2012	Super 8	West Indies	1 wicket
2014	Super 10	India	7 wickets
2016	Final	West Indies	4 wickets
2022	Super 12	India	6 wickets
2024	Super 8	India	8 wickets
2026	Super 8	India	5 wickets

India have now won 5 of 7 T20 World Cup encounters against West Indies. But West Indies remain the only team to beat India in a T20 World Cup Final.

Player Impact Summary

Player	Team	Contribution	Why It Mattered
Sanju Samson	India	97* (50b, SR 194)	First unbeaten T20 chase inn. in 29 attempts
Roston Chase	WI	40 (25b, SR 160)	Set platform in powerplay
Tilak Varma	India	27 (15b, SR 180)	Released Samson from pressure
Jason Holder	WI	37* (22b) + 2/38	Both bat and ball kept WI alive
Jasprit Bumrah	India	2/36 (only disciplined bowler)	Controlled Chase and Hetmyer
Rovman Powell	WI	34* (19b)	Death over acceleration

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