Having put to bat first, West Indies` opening batsman Brandon King scored nine runs in 12 balls, including a maximum. Skipper Shai Hope scored 14 runs in 12 balls, with the help of two boundaries (Pic: X/@ICC)

Shimron Hetmyer delivered a glorious knock of 85 runs off just 34 deliveries. His explosive knock included seven boundaries and the same number of maximums (Pic: X/@windiescricket)

Later, Rovman Powell delivered a knock of 59 runs, which came in 35 balls, with the help of four boundaries and the same number of maximums. Romario Shepherd garnered 21 runs in just 10 balls, including three maximums. Jason Holder departed after scoring 13 runs in four balls, including two maximums. Sherfane Rutherford also scored an unbeaten 31 runs in 13 balls, with the help of three boundaries and two maximums. Matthew Forde also stayed unbeaten on one run in one ball. With this, the West Indies posted a total of 254 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs (Pic: X/@ICC)

Zimbabwe`s Richard Ngarava and Blessing Muzarabani returned with two wickets each. Brad Evans and Graeme Cremer also chipped in with one wicket each. Skipper Sikandar Raza and Dion Myers went wicketless in the T20 World Cup 2026 match against the West Indies (Pic: X/@ZimCricketv)

Zimbabwe will also heavily rely on their opening batsman Brian Bennett to deliver a big knock in the run chase. In their previous match against Sri Lanka, he registered an unbeaten knock of 63 runs off just 48 deliveries, which was laced with eight boundaries (Pic: File Pic)