West Indies dominate India in T20 WC history:Men in Blue defeated SA in 2024 final; can IND retain 100% win record against Zimbabwe?

After the group stage in the T-20 World Cup, 8 teams have reached the second round. Here teams are divided into 2 groups of 4 each. Team India has been placed in a group with South Africa, West Indies and Zimbabwe. Except for West Indies, India has a good World Cup record against both other teams. India’s performance against all three teams in Super-8 stage… 1. Defeated South Africa in the last final Team India’s first match in the Super-8 stage is against South Africa on February 22. The match will be played at Narendra Modi Stadium from 7 PM. Since the last T-20 World Cup, both teams have played 8 T-20s, India won 6 and South Africa won just 2. In T20 World Cup history, both teams have clashed 7 times, with India winning 5 and South Africa winning only 2. Team India defeated the Proteas team in the 2014 semi-final and 2024 final. Overall in T20s, India has won 60% of matches against South Africa. 2. Zimbabwe defeated after becoming champion Team India’s second match is against Zimbabwe on February 26. The match will start at 7 PM at Chennai’s Chepauk Stadium. After becoming T20 World Champions on June 29, 2024, Team India went on a Zimbabwe tour. There, the home team won the first match by 13 runs after bowling out India for 102 runs. However, India won the series 4-1. In the T20 World Cup, both teams met only once in 2022. Batting first in Melbourne, India scored 186 runs with the help of fifties from Suryakumar Yadav and KL Rahul. In response, Zimbabwe could only manage 115 runs. Overall, out of 13 T20s between both teams, Zimbabwe could win only 3 matches. 3. West Indies won the 2016 semifinal Team India’s last Super-8 match will be against West Indies on March 1. This match will also be played at Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata from 7 PM. Since the last World Cup, both teams haven’t faced each other even once, both teams couldn’t face each other in the 2024 ICC tournament either. India has defeated West Indies in 63% of T20 matches overall. West Indies has dominated in the T20 World Cup. The teams first met in the ICC tournament in 2009, when India lost by 7 wickets at Lord’s. In 2010 too, Windies won by 14 runs. India got their only win in 2014, when the team won by 7 wickets. Both teams also faced each other in the semifinals at Mumbai’s ground in 2016. India scored 192 runs with help of Virat Kohli’s 89 runs, Windies won the match by 7 wickets with 2 balls remaining and knocked India out. All table toppers in India’s group Before Super-8, 20 teams were divided into 4 groups of 5 each in the group stage. India topped Group-A by winning all matches. In Team India’s Super-8 group, Zimbabwe from Group-B, West Indies from Group-C, and South Africa from Group-D finished at number-1 by winning all their matches. This means all undefeated teams are in Team India’s Group-1. On the other hand, Sri Lanka, England, New Zealand and Pakistan in Group-2 all suffered at least one defeat each in the group stage. Ishan Kishan is India’s leading run scorer In this T20 World Cup, Ishan Kishan has scored the most runs (176) for India. He also won the Player of the Match award by scoring 77 runs against Pakistan. After him, Suryakumar Yadav has scored 162 runs, who played a match-winning innings of 84 runs against America. Varun Chakaravarthy India’s top wicket-taker In the tournament, mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy has taken the most wickets (9) for India. He conceded runs at an economy rate of just 5.16, and he is also the No. 1 bowler in the ICC T20 bowlers ranking. After him, Axar Patel has taken 6 wickets and Hardik Pandya has taken 5 wickets.