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West Indies win toss, bowl against England in WT20 final

England and West Indies both named unchanged sides, trusting the same XI that brought each team through their respective semi-finals. Whichever team wins in Kolkata, they will be the first side to win the World T20 title more than once.

By Web Desk
April 03, 2016

KOLKATA: West Indies captain Darren Sammy won the toss and put England into bat in the final of the World Twenty20 here at Eden Gardens on Sunday.

This was Sammy’s tenth consecutive toss as West Indies' T20 captain. They have batted second in every match and have lost only once, to Afghanistan in the group stage after already qualifying for the semi-finals.

England's captain Eoin Morgan freely admitted he too would have bowled first on a pitch that looked good for batting.

England and West Indies both named unchanged sides, trusting the same XI that brought each team through their respective semi-finals.

Whichever team wins in Kolkata, they will be the first side to win the World T20 title more than once.

Teams:

England: Jason Roy, Alex Hales, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (captain), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wk), Moeen Ali, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, David Willey, Liam Plunkett.

West Indies: Chris Gayle, Johnson Charles, Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Dwayne Bravo, Andre Russell, Darren Sammy (captain), Carlos Brathwaite, Samuel Badree, Sulieman Benn