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West Indies vs Papua New Guinea T20 WC Live Score - Co-hosts West Indies are one of the two teams to have won the ICC Men's T20 World Cup twice and the Rovman Powell-led side is expected to perform well in their home edition. West Indies begin their campaign against Papua New Guinea, marking the first encounter between the two sides. The West Indies have had an impressive run leading up to the World Cup. The did a a 3-0 whitewash of South Africa and have also secured victories against India, defending champions England, and Australia in recent months. Captain Powell expressed his confidence ahead of the event, ready to embrace the expectations and pressures that come with hosting a World Cup while also recognizing the historic opportunity that lies ahead for his team. “And I think over the duration of the last 12 months or so, we have played some very good cricket right across the world. And such, that has improved our T20 rankings to being fourth in the world. “It's a team that has confidence. It's a team that understands and know how to play T20 cricket. So hopefully, during the duration of this World Cup, we can show that.” Powell also acknowledged his team's recent success, which has propelled them to the fourth spot on the ICC Men's Team T20I Rankings before the tournament. “I think I am very, very pleased at this moment to see that we have three quality spinners. Not often, our West Indies team has been selected with three quality spinners. So that is something that I'm very, very excited about. “Times may come when they may not play. But to have them at our disposal is very, very important for us.” PNG captain Assad Valla expressed his excitement about playing against full member nations, referring to them as "one of the powers in cricket." Although Valla's team participated in the 2021 T20 World Cup, he believes that PNG has a more settled squad this time around.
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Nicolas Pooran will play a pivotal role in the middle-order, but West Indies boast additional firepower with Powell, Andre Russell, Shimron Hetmyer, Sherfane Rutherford, and Romario Shepherd, making them one of the most formidable batting line-ups in the tournament. Russell has been in exceptional form, both with bat and ball, after aiding Kolkata Knight Riders in clinching their third IPL title recently.
WI vs PNG Live Score - WI look to end 12 years of wait
It's been 2982 days since the memorable night at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, something they would be desperate to reclaim especially when the tournament is at home. Their two-time T20 World Cup winning skipper Darren Sammy is back as a coach and the Rovman Powell-led side already made its intention clear with a ruthless win over Australia in a warmup match. But that Australia was a depleted side as only nine players from their squad were available for the match.
WI vs PNG Live Score - Wounded West Indies
But after Windies' maiden title triumph what followed was years of agony as the team found itself lost in transition. In 2021, they endured four defeats in five games to make a Super 12 exit. Worse was in store in the 2022 edition in Australia when they failed to qualify for the main round after shock defeats to minnows Scotland and Ireland.
WI vs PNG Live Score - West Indies will look to redeem themselves at home
More than eight years after Carlos Brathwaite's four sixes at Eden Gardens gave them their second T20 world title, a wounded West Indies will look to redeem themselves at home when they begin their campaign in the event's ninth edition. Brathwaite had slammed Ben Stokes for four successive sixes in the final over to pull off one of the most astonishing chases that made the West Indies the first team to win the T20 World Cup twice. Their maiden triumph was in 2012.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Match 2 of ICC T20 World Cup where co-hosts West Indies take on Papua New Guinea in Guyana.
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