T20 World Cup 2026 The same thing that guaranteed victory for the team has now put in danger the world record made 14 years ago in the history of the tournament. We are talking about Will Jacques of England. In the match played in Pallekele on 22 February, England defeated Sri Lanka by a huge margin of 51 runs, in which Will Jacques became its hero. But, this is not the first time that Will Jacques has become the hero of South Africa's victory. While becoming the hero of England's victory in the T20 World Cup 2026, he has now put the 14-year-old world record in danger.
The 14-year-old world record means the most Player of the Match awards won in a single T20 World Cup. This record is currently in the name of Australia's Shane Watson, who won 4 Player of the Match awards in the 2012 T20 World Cup. Will Jacques has won 3 Player of the Match awards in the T20 World Cup 2026, with which he has now come on par with Sikandar Raza, who is at second place.
The England team won 3 out of 4 matches in the group stage of T20 World Cup 2026, in which Will Jacques became the guarantee of victory in 2 matches. In the same Super 8, when England won the first match against Sri Lanka, Will Jacques became the guarantee of victory in that too. The big thing is that his contribution in guaranteeing England's victory was not only with the bat but also with the ball.
Will Jacques helped England win their first match against Nepal in the group stage, in which he scored an unbeaten 39 runs in 18 balls and also took 1 wicket for 17 runs in the bowling. After this, in the victory against Italy, Will Jacques scored unbeaten 53 runs on 22 balls and took 1 wicket for 34 runs in bowling. In the Super-8 against Sri Lanka, he scored 21 runs in 14 balls. He took 3 wickets for 22 runs with the ball.
England still has 2 more matches to play in the Super-8. After that, if the team completes the journey till semi-finals and finals, then Will Jacques will have every chance to break Shane Watson's record of 2012.
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