Both the teams have won the competition twice in the past and are chasing a third title win like tournament co-hosts and defending champions India.

A total of 55 matches will take place, with 20 teams participating in the T20 World Cup 2026, held in India and Sri Lanka.

Veteran West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder became the first bowler from his team to reach the landmark of 100 T20I wickets on Saturday.

West Indies all-rounder Romario Shepherd made history during his side's ICC T20 World Cup 2026 campaign opener against Scotland, taking a stunning hat-trick.

Shimron Hetmyer struck a counter-attacking fifty before Romario Shepherd unleashed a stunning five-wicket burst, including a hat-trick, as two-time champions West Indies began their T20 World Cup campaign

T20 World Cup 2026 Highlights: West Indies defeated Scotland by 35 runs in their opening Group C clash in Kolkata.

Ravichandran Ashwin expressed his disappointment after the West Indies failed to bring back Nicholas Pooran and Sunil Narine from retirement for the T20 World Cup 2026

A solid-looking West Indies unit would be heading into the T20 World Cup with more failures than success behind them leading upto the marquee tournament.

Quinton de Kock's match-winning century against West Indies came with an unusual twist, but the result followed a familiar script with South Africa cruising to victory with their most experienced batter leading the charge.

After De Kock was sent back to the pavillon Rickelton continued to counterattack West Indies bowlers and took the Proteas over the line in the 18th over.

Aiden Markram powered South Africa to a nine-wicket win in the first T20 international against the West Indies at Boland Park on Tuesday.

Former West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has said the familiar Indian conditions could work in his team's favour in the upcoming T20 World Cup 2026.

Sri Lanka has announced a six-match tour of the West Indies, with matches scheduled for February and March 2026.

The West Indies cricket team have named a strong 15-member squad for the upcoming ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 in India and Sri Lanka, according to the ICC.

West Indies have won the T20 World Cup twice, in 2012 and 2016, under the captaincy of Daren Sammy, who is now their head coach.

A hat-trick from all-rounder Shamar Springer sealed a consolation win for West Indies by 15 runs in their final T20I against Afghanistan at Dubai.

A four-wicket haul, including a hattrick, from Mujeeb ur Rahman and half-centuries from Darwish Rasooli and Sediqullah Atal helped Afghanistan seal a series win over West Indies.

Indian cricket team star batter Abhishek Sharma scripted history by becoming the fastest player to reach 5000 runs in T20 cricket.