The 2024 T20 World Cup started on June 2, Sunday in a pretty flashy way with 20 teams in it. The tournament will be conducted in the USA and the West Indies. West Indies, the two time former champions, will be eager to recreate past glories after missing out on the last two ICC tournaments. Papua New Guinea are participating in this tournament for the second time only and will be eager to notch up their first victory here after having lost all three matches they had played in the 2021 edition.

The Papuan batting has been a problem area and in their warmup matches the team has been unable to chase a total of 140. They will stand a very tall order when they come up against a team with the power-hitting ability of West Indies. The team led by Rovman Powell is high on confidence after they thrashed the Australians in a warm-up match where they set a target of 257, without lose their wickets and then bowl out Australia for 222.

West Indies Cricket Team Vs Papua New Guinea Cricket Team Record and Squads

• WI vs PNG Head-to-head records in T20Is: This is the first time that both teams are playing against each other in this format.
• WI squads: West Indies: Brandon King, Johnson Charles (w), Roston Chase, Nicholas Pooran, Rovman Powell (c), Shimron Hetmyer, Andre Russell, Romario Shepherd, Akeal Hosein, Gudakesh Motie, Alzarri Joseph, Shai Hope, Obed McCoy, Sherfane Rutherford, Shamar Joseph
• Papua New Guinea: Tony Ura, Sese Bau, Assad Vala(c), Lega Siaka, Hiri Hiri, Hila Vare, Chad Soper, Kiplin Doriga(w), Alei Nao, Kabua Morea, Semo Kamea, Jack Gardner, John Kariko, Charles Amini, Norman Vanua.

West Indies win the match by 5 wickets and one over to spare against Papua New Guinea

The West Indies secured victory, thanks to Russell and Chase’s aggressive play in the final moments. PNG still played very well, only 2000 people play cricket in the entire country of Papua New Guinea so hats off to them to even compete at this stage.

Excellent knock by Russell who is coming into this match on the back on an IPL championship win and the confidence was see. However, It was Chase’s knock which was decisive in the end.

WI vs PNG Live Score and Updates

Papua New Guinea (PNG) might seem an easy challenger on paper. However, given the West Indies’ unpredictable nature, a slip-up wouldn’t be entirely surprising. PNG brings an ageing squad but one that is not inexperienced on the big stage.

While PNG is keen to assert its dominance over the other Associate team in the group, Uganda, they have nothing to lose in their attempts to pressure the three Full Members.

A loss to PNG could jeopardize West Indies’ chances of advancing to the next round. Most of their players are coming off a hectic IPL schedule, which, while beneficial in terms of experience, requires quick adaptation to the slower home conditions.