Overview
- Shimron Hetmyer became the first player to hit 19 sixes in a single T20 World Cup edition, achieving the milestone on March 1 in Kolkata.
- He cleared the ropes off Hardik Pandya and Varun Chakravarthy to move past Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan, who had 18 sixes.
- Sahibzada Farhan remains the tournament’s leading run-scorer with 383 runs, including two centuries and 37 fours.
- Hetmyer’s 2026 tally stands at 19 sixes and 248 runs in seven matches, surpassing previous single-edition marks by Nicholas Pooran (17), Chris Gayle (16) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (16).
- West Indies posted 195/4 after a 76-run Holder–Powell stand, but India reached 199/5 to clinch a five-wicket win and the final semifinal berth, with Sanju Samson unbeaten on 97.