BD NarayankarMumbai, March 5 -- If one innings captured the fearless mood of the 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, it was the breathtaking assault by Jacob Bethell at the Wankhede Stadium.
In a tournament increasingly defined by audacity with the bat, Bethell's stunning 48-ball 105 against India in Mumbai stood out as a statement of modern T20 batting - bold, inventive and utterly unafraid of reputations. For a brief moment, it looked like the young England all-rounder had produced the fastest hundred the World Cup had ever seen.
Bethell's innings had a certain freshness about it. There was power, certainly, but also a remarkable sense of range. He moved across the crease, opened up angles and repeatedly targeted the shorter boundaries, showi...