A new-look England and a resurgent West Indies will battle to become the first two-time winners of cricket’s World Twenty20 in a big-hitting showdown Sunday that promises to rain sixes.
A year after exiting the 50-over World Cup with egg on their face, Eoin Morgan’s England will hope to complete their redemption by outmuscling a West Indies team who are themselves a team reborn.
Inspired by the ultimate game changer Chris Gayle, the men from the Caribbean are hoping to go home with the shortest format’s biggest prize on the same day that their women are also gunning for glory at Kolkata’s iconic Eden Gardens stadium against Australia in an earlier final.
Gayle will be looking to become the first player to crack a century of sixes in T20 internationals, having already smashed a record 98 — 11 of them in the current tournament.
#Howzstat @benstokes38 has bowled 50% dots in the death overs - a better rate than any other player #WT20 #ENGvWI pic.twitter.com/qceQNRox9K
— ICC (@ICC) April 2, 2016
Chris Gayle being escorted to the plane as Windies travel from Mumbai to Kolkata for Sunday's final #WT20 #RALLY pic.twitter.com/bfQtOA4k3Z
— westindies (@westindies) April 1, 2016