Can West Indies Win the T20 Cricket World Cup with this team?

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The 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup is two weeks away, and the tournament schedule has been released and almost all teams have announced their squads. This will be the ninth edition of the T20 World Cup and will be a 20-team event that will take place in the United States and West Indies.

You can explore the complete 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Schedule and other team details by following this link.

Let us discuss team composition and matches with dates, venues, timings, and players to watch in the 2024 T20 World Cup.

In the 2024 Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup Series, we will cover Team West Indies with all the details below.

Two-time champions, West Indies are looking forward to winning it for the record third time, no team has achieved this feat yet, they won it in 2012 and 2016, however, West Indies had a bad outing in the last two editions of the T20 World Cup, they were eliminated in the group stage in 2021 led by Kieron Pollard in UAE and failed to qualify for the main round in 2022 in Australia led by Nicolas Pooran.

Can the co-host play to their potential and win this T20 World Cup on their home soil? It is a team to beat in this World Cup.

The West Indies has announced their 15-member strong and balanced squad with five reserve players traveling with the team.

West Indies 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup Squad

Rovman Powell will be the captain of the West Indies team for the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup 2024 and Alzarri Joseph will be the vice-captain. Daren Sammy will guide the team as head coach.

Here is a complete list of players who will represent West Indies in the T20 World Cup.

West Indies Squad is:

Rovman Powell (c), Alzarri Joseph (vc), Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran, Akeal Hosein, Roston Chase, Andre Russell, Shamar Joseph, Brandon King, Johnson Charles, Obed McCoy, Gudakesh Motie, Shai Hope, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd.

Reserve Members: Matthew Forde, Fabian Allen, Kyle Mayers, Hayden Walsh, and Andre Fletcher.

Jason Holder will miss this T20 World Cup due to injury. The 32-year-old sustained his injury during the County Championship 2024, and he was replaced with left-arm fast bowler Obed McCoy who is in fine form and was a leading wicket-taker with 8 wickets in five matches during the West Indies A’s recent tour to Nepal. We need to wait and watch, how McCoy will encash this big opportunity at the international stage.

Players to Watch in this World Cup from West Indies:

• Nicholas Pooran, a left-hand aggressive batsman can be the player to watch.
• Andre Russell, an all-rounder, who has just won the IPL final and is in sublime form.
• Rovman Powell, a captain and aggressive batsman can change the game anytime.
• Johnson Charles, an all-rounder can be a match-winner on any day.

West Indies Team Matches:

West Indies is in Group C along with PNG, Uganda, New Zealand, and Afghanistan.

West Indies will kick off its 2024 ICC T20 World Cup with Papua New Guinea on June 2 in Guyana.

ICC T20 World Cup 2024 Schedule
Match Number	MATCHES	DATE	TIME (Local)	TIME(GMT)	VENUE
2	WEST INDIES vs PNG	Sun Jun 2, 2024	10:30	14:30	Guyana
18	WEST INDIES vs UGANDA	Sat Jun 8, 2024	20:30	00:30(Jun 9)	Guyana
26	WEST INDIES vs NEW ZEALAND	Wed Jun 12, 2024	20:30	00:30(Jun 13)	Trinidad & Tobago
40	WEST INDIES vs AFGHANISTAN	Mon Jun 17, 2024	20:30	00:30(Jun 18)	St Lucia

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