Brandon King suffers serious injury during WI vs SA match in T20 World Cup 2026

West Indies could have just been on the charge had Brandon King been able to hold onto a stellar effort; he pulled out diving to his right to take a difficult catch of Aiden Markram. However, Markram survived, and instead King walked out of the park with the physio with some sort of injury.

The West Indies could manage not more than 176 on the board, after they struggled with their top- and middle-order batting. It was a credit to their batting depth that the West Indies managed to get all those runs on the board. It can be considered as a competitive total.

Brandon King injures himself after dropping Markram early in his innings

Matthew Forde returned with his second over and got smashed for some early runs by Aiden Markram, the South African skipper, who has been in some blazing form for the Proteas coming into this World Cup. The bowler was meticulous with the adjustment and bowled it nicely around the good length, and Markram miscued it to the fielder at covers.

Brandon King dove to his right, full stretch, but the ball only clipped off his fingertips, and he ended up hitting the ground really hard. Not only was the catch dropped, but he also injured himself. He scratched his hands and slammed his elbow onto the ground.

As a result of this, King was immediately taken off the field by the physio who walked in to check on him after the incident.