T20 World Cup 2024 WI vs PNG Playing 11: Windies play with three spinners

In match two of ICC T20 World Cup 2024, West Indies skipper Rovman Powell won the toss and decided to field first against associate nation Papua New Guinea (PNG) at Providence Stadium, Guyana.
It is expected to be a stroll in the park for the West Indies against the minnows PNG given the former champions have the likes of Nicholas Pooran and Andre Russell in their squad.
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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.

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.

T20 World Cup 2024: West Indies vs Papua New Guinea Playing 11

WI Playing 11: Johnson Charles, Brandon King, Roston Chase, Nicholas Pooran(w), Rovman Powell(c), Andre Russell, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Gudakesh Motie

PNG Playing 11: Tony Ura, Assad Vala(c), Sese Bau, Lega Siaka, Hiri Hiri, Charles Amini, Kiplin Doriga(w), Alei Nao, Chad Soper, Kabua Morea, John Kariko

But 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.

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.