T20 world Cup 2026, Scotland: With the result of the 7th match of the T20 World Cup, there has been a big upheaval in the points table. Scotland registered a big win of 73 runs over Italy in Kolkata and with this the team has caused a big upset in Group C.

The Scotland team had lost the first match against West Indies but in the second match it defeated Italy and now it has reached second place above England in the points table. This victory of Scotland has given a shock of 440 volts to England. Despite a difficult victory against Nepal, the troubles of the English players are not diminishing.

England lags behind Scotland

Talking about the points table of Group C, West Indies is at the first position with one win in one match. His net runrate is +1.750. Whereas Scotland has collected two points with one win in two matches and its net run rate has become +0.950. The England team has registered one win in one match but its net run rate is less than Scotland. Now if the England team plays poorly in its next match or gets defeated, then Scotland’s hopes of reaching the next round will increase.

If Scotland beats England…

The interesting thing is that Scotland has to play the next match against England only. It can also defeat England in this match because Nepal had come very close to defeating the British. If Scotland wins this match, then it will have to play a match against Nepal, where it will have another chance.

Scotland won from Italy

Scotland scored 207 runs in 20 overs against Italy. George Manse played an inning of 84 runs in 54 balls. Michael Jones scored 37 runs and Brandon McMullen scored unbeaten 41 runs in just 18 balls. All-rounder Leask scored 22 runs in 5 balls in the last overs to take the team to 207.

In reply, the Italian team was bundled out for 134 runs in 16.4 overs. Ben Manetti played an innings of 52 runs in 31 matches for the team. Harry Manetti also scored 37 runs but these runs were not enough for Italy to win. For Scotland, Michael Leask took 4 wickets for 17 runs. This player was given the Player of the Match award.