Just over a fortnight ago, Scotland didn't even know they would be in this tournament. But the withdrawal of Bangladesh led to them being invited to replace them as the best ranked non-qualifier, no doubt counting themselves as very lucky given their fourth place finish in last year's European qualifier.

Scotland captain Richie Berrington won the toss and chose to ask the West Indies to bat first at Eden Gardens. Shimron Hetmeyer clubbed six sixes on his way to scoring 64 from just 36 balls as the West Indies reached 182-5 from their 20 overs.

A slow start to the Scotland reply picked up when Richie Berrington and Tom Bruce put on 78 for the fourth wicket. Berrington was Scotland's top scorer with 42 from 24 balls with Bruce contributing 35 to get Scotland into a position where they needed 58 runs from the last five overs.

Seven came from the 16th over before Romario Shepherd extinuguished whatever hopes Scotland had at chasing down their target in the 17th over by removing Matthew Cross, Michael Leask and Oliver Davidson for his second T20I hat-trick in four months. He also took the wicket of Safyaan Sharif to finish the over with four wickets.

Celebrations for Shepherd's hat-trick

Mark Watt and Brad Currie held out for a couple of overs to delay the inevitable but the West Indies eventually secured a 35 run win.

They will next be in action on Wednesday against England whilst Scotland next play on Monday as they look for revenge against an Italian side that beat them in the European qualifier last year.