WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: Shai Hope scores half-century, West Indies find momentum after early dismissal

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Updated on: February 19, 2026 11:43:28 AM IST

WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: West Indies captain Shai Hope scores a half-century as he anchors his team’s innings after an early dismissal. Earlier, Ali struck Hassan in the second, removing opener Brandon King. Meanwhile, Draka knocked out Shimron Hetmyer in the fifth round.

  • 11 minutes agoFifty for hope!
  • 14 minutes agoWisconsin – 54/2 (6.2)
  • 21 minutes agoWisconsin – 43/2 (5)
  • 28 minutes agooutside! Hetmer J Smuts B Draka 1 (4)
  • 33 minutes agoHopefully counterattacks
  • 43 minutes agooutside!! The king must leave!
  • 46 minutes agoWisconsin – 5/0 (1)
  • 49 minutes agoWork begins!
  • 56 minutes agoNational anthems!
  • 1 hour and 11 minutes agoPlaying XI
  • 1 hour and 12 minutes agoWhat did the captain say?
  • 1 hour and 17 minutes agoItaly wins the lottery!
  • 1 hour and 35 minutes agoNext toss!
  • 1 hour and 42 minutes agoFord, Chase and Shepherd are in good condition
  • 1 hour and 58 minutes agoFord, Chase and Shepherd are in good condition
  • 4:20 AM EDT, February 19A team well suited for the West Indies
  • 3:49 AM EDT, February 19West Indies are in dominant form
  • 3:38 AM EDT, February 19Italy’s coach talks about the “beauty” of participating in the T20 World Cup
  • 3:31 AM EDT, February 19Italy is without regular captain Madsen
  • 3:19 AM EDT, February 19Shepherd expected to return to the West Indies playing the playing XI
  • 3:03 AM EDT, February 19Manenti’s key to Italy
  • 2:54 AM EDT, February 19West Indies squad
  • 2:44 AM EDT, February 19Italy national team
  • 2:33 AM EDT, February 19Hello and welcome everyone!
WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: West Indies captain Shai Hope plays a shot.

WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: West Indies captain Shai Hope plays a shot.

WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: Having already scored his half-century, Shai Hope is anchoring West Indies’ innings in the ongoing T20 World Cup match against Italy in Kolkata on Thursday. Ali Hassan scored in the second over, dismissing opener Brandon King for four off six balls. Meanwhile, Draka dismissed Shimron Hetmyer in the fifth inning for one out on four balls. Initially, Italy won the toss and elected to bowl. The West Indies have already qualified for the Super Eight stage and are leaders of Group C. Meanwhile, Italy have already been eliminated. Although they did not qualify for the next round, the Italians will be proud of their 10-wicket win over Nepal.

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West Indies have been in dominant form in this tournament and started their campaign with a 35-run win over Scotland. They then hammered out 196 against title contenders England, followed by an eight-wicket win over Nepal. They have a net run rate of 1.820, and only a major defeat could see them lose top spot in the group.

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February 19, 2026 at 11:39:46 am

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WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: Fifty to Hope!

WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: Half-century for hope! A poor delivery by Smuts and Hope puts them off too long for a single. Chase ends the finale with another song.

Wisconsin – 63/2 (8)

February 19, 2026 at 11:36:34 am

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WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: WI – 54/2 (6.2)

WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: Delivery off the break by Manenti, around middle and leg. Hope taps him right down the middle, period. Manenti then hits a six, at deep extra cover. 50 follow!

Wisconsin – 54/2 (6.2)

February 19, 2026 at 11:29:40 am

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WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: WI – 43/2 (5)

WI vs ITA Live Score, T20 World Cup: Short delivery by Draca, outside off. Hope cuts it through backward point for four! shot! He then hits her four times in a row, hitting her with a deep rope drop in the middle. Draca responds with a point and then Hope takes three runs at the end. The player blocks all four by diving.

Wisconsin – 43/2 (5)

February 19, 2026 at 11:22:42 am

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WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: OUT! Hetmer J Smuts B Draka 1 (4)

WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: OUT! hold! Hetmir must leave!

Draka sets her up outside. Hetmyer tries to drive, but beats Smuts at short third man to catch him!

Hetmer J Smuts B Draka 1 (4)

Wisconsin – 31/2 (4.1)

February 19, 2026 at 11:17:14 am

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WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: Hope Counters

WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: Full delivery by Draca and off. Hope slams it through the covers for four! shot! Draca responds with back-to-back points and then sends a lengthy delivery outside. Hope hammers him over the covers for four! Then he takes one. The last ball is over and wide, and he has to throw the ball again. He answers with a point.

Wisconsin – 17/1 (3)

February 19, 2026 at 11:07:07 am

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WI vs ITA Live Score, T20 World Cup: OUT!! The king must leave!

WI vs ITA Live Score, T20 World Cup: Found! Italy review it! There were bats involved! The king must leave! Good delivery and King returns it to the wicket-keeper for the catch. UltraEdge emphasizes the inner edge!

King J. Maid bin Hassan 4 (6)

Wisconsin – 5/1 (1.1)

February 19, 2026 at 11:04:49 am

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WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: WI – 5/0 (1)

WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: Good opening by Smuts, keeps it tight. He receives only five runs. The King (4*) and Hope (1*) take a cautious approach.

Wisconsin – 5/0 (1)

February 19, 2026 11:01:59 AM

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WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: The action begins!

WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: King and Hope open for West Indies. Smuts to Bowl the first over for Italy.

February 19, 2026 at 10:54:07 AM

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WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: National Anthems!

WI vs ITA Live Score, T20 World Cup: Both teams are in the middle now for their national anthems!

February 19, 2026 at 10:39:38 am

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WI vs ITA Live Score, T20 World Cup: Playing XIs

WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: West Indies – Brandon King, Shai Hope (w/c), Shimron Hetmyer, Ruston Chase, Shirvan Rutherford, Rovman Powell, Jason Holder, Matthew Ford, Akhil Hossain, Gudakesh Moti, Shamar Joseph.

Italy – Justin Mosca, Anthony Mosca, Syed Naqvi, JJ Smuts, Harry Manenti(c), Ben Manenti, Grant Stewart, Gian Meade(w), Crishan Kalugamage, Thomas Draca, Ali Hasan

February 19, 2026 at 10:38:24 am

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WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: What did the captains say?

WI vs ITA Live Score, T20 World Cup: After winning the toss, Italy captain Harry Manenti said, “Hopefully there’s a bit on the wicket, hopefully I’ll swing it and take some early wickets. We’re gaining some confidence from the England game, WI is another strong side. We’re looking to step up to the challenge. Not losing wickets is the focus point. If we do that today, it’s a good step towards victory. Great opportunity to get exposure.”

Meanwhile, West Indies captain Hope said: “Not in hand, don’t mind losing the toss. Operations still in place. No changes.”

February 19, 2026 at 10:33:33 am

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WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: Italy wins the toss!

WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: It’s time to bowl! Italy wins the toss and chooses to bowl.

February 19, 2026 at 10:15:33 am

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WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: Toss is coming!

Direct result For WI vs ITA, T20 World Cup: Toss is coming! It is scheduled for 10:30 p.m. Stay tuned people! We will soon see both skippers in the spotlight during the coin toss.

February 19, 2026 10:08:21 AM

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WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: Ford, Chase and Shepherd in good form

WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: Ford, Chase and Shepherd all have excellent economy rates, under sevens, in the ongoing tournament. Ford’s economy rating is 4.16 and Chase’s economy rating is 6.50. Meanwhile, Shepherd’s economy rating is 6.75.

February 19, 2026 at 9:52:40 am

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WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: Ford, Chase and Shepherd in good form

WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: Ford, Chase and Shepherd all have excellent economy rates, under sevens, in the ongoing tournament. Ford has an economy rating of 4.16 and Chase is 6.50. Meanwhile, Shepherd’s economy rating is 6.75.

February 19, 2026 at 9:50:57 am

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WI vs ITA LIVE Score, T20 World Cup: A team well suited for the West Indies

WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: Before the match, batting coach Reifer revealed that West Indies have all the players available, despite one or two cricketers suffering from inconvenience.

February 19, 2026 9:19:38 AM

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WI vs ITA LIVE Score, T20 World Cup: West Indies in dominant form

WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: Hope, Rutherford and Hetmyer have each scored half-centuries across three matches. Their seamers are in good form too, with Shepherd and Holder taking five-wicket and four-wicket hauls respectively.

February 19, 2026 9:08:29 AM

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WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: Italy coach on ‘beauty’ of participating in T20 World Cup

WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: Speaking before the match, head coach John Davison reflected on Italy’s campaign. He said: “I think the beauty of coming to these events is that you are not training against players at 150 kilometers per hour, but when you come to an event like this, you just have to adapt to it and I think it shows people what they are capable of, so I think we are very proud of our performance so far, but we don’t want to rest on our laurels and we are very determined to do well in our final match.”

February 19, 2026 9:01:37 AM

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WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: Italy without regular captain Madsen

WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: Italy are expected to be without regular captain Madsen, who has missed the last two matches due to injury. He is doubtful for the West Indies match too!

February 19, 2026 at 8:49:10 am

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WI vs ITA LIVE Score, T20 World Cup: Shepherd expected to return to West Indies and playing XI

WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: Romario Shepherd was benched for the West Indies’ last match due to a gig. He is expected to return to the starting lineup to replace Matthew Ford.

February 19, 2026 at 8:33:13 am

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WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: Manenti key for Italy

WI vs ITA LIVE Score, T20 World Cup: The Italian Manenti has batted just twice in this tournament, but has taken fifties in both matches. He has a strike rate of 200 which is the fourth highest among teams in the T20 World Cup.

February 19, 2026 8:24:03 AM

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WI vs ITA live score, T20 World Cup: West Indies lineup

WI vs ITA LIVE Score, T20 World Cup: Brandon King, Shai Hope (w/c), Shimron Hetmyer, Ruston Chase, Shirvan Rutherford, Rovman Powell, Jason Holder, Matthew Ford, Akil Hossain, Gudakesh Moti, Shamar Joseph, Romario Shepherd, Jayden Sills, Quentin Sampson, Charles Johnson

February 19, 2026 8:14:31 AM

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WI vs ITA LIVE Score, T20 World Cup: Italy lineup

WI vs ITA LIVE Score, Justin Mosca, Anthony Mosca, JJ Smuts, Grant Stewart, Marcus Campopiano, Gyan Meade, Jaspreet Singh, Krishan Kalugamaj, Ali Hassan, Syed Naqvi, Zain Ali, Thomas Draca, Wayne Madsen

February 19, 2026 8:03:16 AM

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WI vs ITA Live Score, T20 World Cup: Hello and welcome everyone!

WI vs ITA Live Score, T20 World Cup: Good morning everyone! Welcome to live coverage of today’s T20 World Cup match as West Indies take on Italy in Kolkata on Thursday. West Indies have already qualified for the Super 8s and are table toppers. So this match will be just a formality, but a heavy defeat could see them drop to second place.

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