Shimron Hetmyer Creates History, Becomes First Player In The World To Achieve Massive Feat
Shimron Hetmyer created history in the match against West Indies India are currently taking on West Indies in a must-win game of the T20 World Cup 2026 Super 8 stage. Whoever wins this game, will ensure their place in the semi-final of the tournament on March 5 (Thursday) against England at the Wankhede Stadium. The Windies are a very strong side, and are certainly no pushovers. One of their star performers in this T20 World Cup has been Shimron Hetmyer, who made an impact on the Caribbean innings despite his shoet innings of 27 from 12 balls. He managed to create history by breaking a big record in the T20 World Cup. Shimron Hetmyer hit two sixes in his innings of 27. He now has 19 sixes in this edition of the tournament. This is now the most number of sixes hit by a batter in a single edition of the T20 World Cup. He broke the record of Pakistan's Sahibzada Farhan, who hit 18 sixes in this edition of the tournament. Here are the players with the most number of sixes in a single edition of the T20 World Cup 2026: India won the toss and elected to bowk first in this virtual quarter final against West Indies. The Carribbean side got off to a good start, with Roston Chase and captain Shai Hope putting on an opening stand of 68. However, West Indies lost four very quick wickets after that, especially courtesy a double wicket over from Jasprit Bumrah. However, the West Indies came back strongly into the game, courtesy a solid 5th wicket stand from Rovman Powell and Jason Holder. The duo put on 76 runs from 35 balls. West Indies finished with a strong total of 195/4. Get Latest News Live on Times Now along with Breaking News and Top Headlines from Sports, Cricket, T20 World Cup 2026, T20 World Cup 2026 Points Table and around the world. Shaunak Ghosh is a Senior Sports Correspondent at Timesnownews with over seven years of experience in print and digital journalism. He holds a postgra... View More





