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Uganda equalled the lowest score ever recorded at a Twenty20 World Cup on Saturday when they tumbled to 39 all out against the West Indies at the Providence Stadium.
The Netherlands also scored 39 against Sri Lanka in 2014.
West Indies, who reached 173 for five after winning the toss and electing to bat won by 134 runs, the second largest margin in T20 World Cup history.
Sri Lanka still hold the record for the highest win margin in terms of runs. Their 172-run win over Kenya in the inaugural edition of the tournament in 2007 remains untouched.
The thumping win marked West Indies' sixth-consecutive win in the T20I format. They are just a win away from levelling their best win streak of seven.
Against Uganda, on Saturday, opener Johnson Charles top scored with 44 from 42 balls hitting one mighty six and captain Rovman Powell hit another on to the top of the grand stand in his innings of 22.
However, it was once again the powerful Andre Russell (30 not out) who accelerated the scoring rate by slashing four boundaries in the final over.
Russell now tallies 1000 runs in T20I cricket.
Akeal Hosein ran through the Ugandan batting line-up in the first seven overs and completed a five-wicket haul. All five batters either got bowled or trapped in front of the stumps. He ended the match with figures of 5/11.
Uganda were immediately in trouble when Roger Mukasa fell lbw to Akeal Hosein off the second ball and a sorry procession then ensued.
Russell bowled Robinson Obuya for six and Alzarri Joseph picked up a couple from his three overs while Juma Miyagi was the only batsman to reach double figures, scoring 13 from 20 deliveries.
Hosein now has the best bowling figure for the West Indies in the T20 World Cup. He surpassed Samuel Badree's 4/15 against Bangladesh in Mirpur in 2014.
He has the second-best bowling figures for the Windies in T20Is -- Obed McCoy, with 6/17 against India in Basseterre, 2022.
"I think I needed this," said Hosein after accepting the man-of-the-match award.
"In the nets and in the previous series I felt the ball was coming out good but I was just not getting the rewards."
Powell paid tribute to Hosein and said his team were looking to improve by 10 to 15% in each of their games.
"Last game we were flat so we just wanted to improve as a team," he said. "When you are playing at home the pressure can sometimes get to you."
West Indies will next face New Zealand in their next clash at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad and Tobago.