ICC T20 World Cup 2024: West Indies Team Strategy Unveiled, Full Player List & Match Schedule Insights

Meet the West Indies Team: Full Player Profiles for ICC T20 World Cup 2024 Squad, Coach

Darren Sammy is a Coach for WI in this ICC tournament which is Called the ICC T20 World Cup. In PSL he is coaching Peshawar Zalmi. PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi approached him for Pakistani team Coaching but he refused the offer. Now he is coaching Home Team WI.

West Indies T20 World Cup 2024 Match Schedule: Dates, Venues, and Opponents Overview

• June 2, 2024: WI vs Papua New Guinea at Providence Stadium Guyana.
• June 9, 2024: WI vs Uganda at Providence Stadium Guyana.
• June 13, 2024: WI vs New Zealand at Barian Lara Cricket Academy, Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago.
• June 18, 2024: WI vs Afghanistan at Darren Sammy Ground, Gross Islet Saint Lucia.

These matches will take place across the various venues in the Caribbean, offering the West Indies an opportunity to shine on home soil.

Excitement is slowly building as the West Indies’s cricket team prepares to participate in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024. Notably, the contest is scheduled to take place in the Caribbean and the USA, adding further impetus to the West Indies following triumph by bringing the trophy home. Indeed, the West Indies’s cricket board has named the potent 15-player combination to compete for the title under the captaincy of the ferocious Rovman Powell.

Most notably, the list encompasses the long-awaited T20 unveiling of the new sensation in cricket, Shamar Joseph, following his remarkable test debut series against Australia. The young player’s elevation to the squad underscores his skill set and selectors’ faith and trust in his development. Shimron Hetmyer is another star to grace the team for the global contest after watching the T20I against Australia. Indeed, since his IPL 2024, Hetmyer has scored 83 runs in four games at a strike rate of 184.44, which ensures he will play a key role as a finisher. The team, surprisingly, eliminated Kyle Mayers and Oshane Thomas, with the latter dropping out to enhance the lower-order batting.

This move reflects the decision-making process’s emphasis on the concept of the role, as Taylor reiterated that it is about each player’s responsibility under the leadership of the West Indies’s Cricket Director, Desmond Haynes. Startling Martin, Brandon Randall, and Charles Johnson will round out the top three batters, while the leading bottom selection includes Nicholas Pooran, Andre Russell, and Jason Holder. Indeed, the grouping entails having a balance of both generations while being a powerhouse squad that should not be left out.

On a similar deck, Akeal Hosein and Gudakesh Motie will manage spin while Alzarri Joseph is the vice-captain, and Shamar Joseph will lead the pace. From the fixture perspective, the West Indies will play their inaugural match against Papua New Guinea on June 2 at Guyana. Later matches will involve Uganda, New Zealand, and Afghanistan, with the session set to explore various opponents with different challenges. As the West Indies fans anticipate the tournament, selecting such a mix of promising and experienced players appears a wise strategy and achievement destined for T20 skills.

This is the first time in the history of cricket that the United States of America is not only a part of the T20 World Cup tournament, but the United States of America is also co-hosting this historic tournament with the West Indies. It may be recalled that the West Indies team has won this title twice, the first time in 2012 by defeating Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka, while the second time this tournament was held in India, and the West Indies defeated England in 2016. This was the second WI won the title. This is also the first time in history that a country is hosting this T20 World Cup for the second time.