West Indies beat India 3 times in T20 World Cup:Men in Blue hold 100% win record over the Windies at Eden Gardens

India have set up a virtual quarterfinal against West Indies at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on 1 March. Suryakumar Yadav Company entered the tournament as favourites, but the Gautam Gambhir-coached side is now one defeat away from elimination. Elimination threat looms large over Suryakumar Yadav’s men after they suffered a heavy 76-run loss against South Africa in the first Super 8 match. What’s more horrifying was NRR coming into play as it could omit India from semis race without any chance to bounce back. Fortunately, South Africa bashed West Indies by 9 wickets in Ahmedabad on Thursday and then India made NRR recovery, beating Zimbabwe by 72 runs after posting their highest total in the T20 World Cups. With the semifinal spot decider set to take place on 1st March, India will meet familiar foes who have gotten the better of the Men in Blue on 3 previous occasions. West Indies frontrunners against India in T20 World Cups When it comes to the T20 World Cup head-to-head, India and West Indies have locked hornsnfour times. Out of these matchups, IND have managed to win only one match against the Caribbean side. The sole victory for India came in Dhaka, where Rohit Sharma (62*) and Virat Kohli’s (54) sublime fifties helped their side complete a 130-run chase with 2 balls to spare. Bhuvneshwar Kumar led the bowling performance with 3 wickets in three overs, conceding only three runs. The remaining three games that took place in 2009, 2010, and 2016 editions of the T20 World Cup were won by West Indies. Lendl Simmons was the wrecker-in-chief against India, not once but twice. He starred with a 44-run knock in 2009, while recording a match-winning partnership with Dwayne Bravo. Then he led the charge with an unbeaten 82* in 2016 with Andre Russell to lead the Caribbean side to victory at Wankhede. India unbeaten against West Indies in bilateral T20Is at Eden Gardens In the bilaterals in the T20Is, India have the edge in the games that were played at Eden Gardens. Both teams have faced each other four times, and India won all of them, with two matches while batting first and two games, fielding first. Usually, the pitch gets slower in Kolkata as the match progresses, favouring the team batting first. However, the surfaces have behaved strangely in this edition of the World Cup as opposed to their usual tendencies. However, the Chepauk surface, which favours spinners, has turned out to be a high-scoring surface. So, keeping the bilateral T20I record aside at Eden Gardens, Men in Blue must stay cautious of the current Windies side. West Indies in leagues of New Zealand and South Africa in threat level In terms of T20 World Cup losses, only three teams have managed to defeat India three times. The first two are New Zealand and South Africa, who have beaten Men in Blue in different editions. NZ handed defeats to Team India in 2007, 2016, and 2021. Meanwhile, SA claimed wins in the T20 WCs in 2009, 2022, and 2026. Apart from these two, only West Indies has managed to beat India in T20 World Cup three times (2009, 2010, 2016). Can India qualify for the T20 WC semifinal if they lose to West Indies? If India lose to West Indies in the last Super 8 game, they will be knocked out of the tournament. Notably, India are at third place in the Super 8 Group 1 Points table with NRR of -0.100. Meanwhile, the West Indies hold the second spot despite the same number of points, but a better NRR of +1.791 in terms of Net Run Rate. Therefore, if Suryakumar Yadav’s men bow down against the West Indies at Eden Gardens in their last Super 8 clash, the pre-tournament favourites will not be able to defend their crown.