West Indies VS New Zealand ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 Match Number 26

Get ready for an electrifying battle between West Indies and New Zealand in the ongoing 9th edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 tomorrow. This match will be the third match for the co-hosts and 2nd for Kiwis in the ongoing tournament which will be played at Brain Lara Stadium in Tarouba. It will be interesting to see which team will emerge victorious in tomorrow’s game as the Caribbean team has entered into the tournament with high confidence after winning the 3-match T20Is series against South Africa by 3-0 and winning the first 2 games of the tournament against PNG and Uganda, the West Indies team are on 2nd position on the points table in group C with 4 points in 2 games.  Meanwhile, the New Zealand team have faced a horrific loss against Afghanistan in their first game of the tournament, where they were bowled out on a score of 75 runs in 20 overs while chasing a target of 159 runs.  

West Indies vs New Zealand Head-to-head

These 2 teams have met several times in the shortest format of the game, where the Kiwis hold the record of 11 wins and the co-hosts have won 6 games, whereas 2 were of no results. However, in T20 World Cup, the two teams have crossed paths only once in 2012, when the match ended in a tie and West Indies won the super-over eliminator.

Brian Lara Cricket Stadium, Pitch Report

The game between the West Indies and New Zealand will be played at the Brian Lara Cricket Stadium in Tarouba, which is known as a balanced pitch. The average 1st innings score at this venue in the last 20 matches is 116 runs. Chasing a target should be the preferred option at the venue since the team batting first has only won 35% of its matches.

Squads

West Indies:

Rovman Powell (c), Alzarri Joseph, Johnson Charles, Roston Chase, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Shai Hope, Akeal Hosein, Shamar Joseph, Brandon King, Gudakesh Motie, Nicholas Pooran, Andre Russell, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd

New Zealand:

Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, James Neesham, Rachin Ravindra.

Who will win the match between West Indies and New Zealand?

Despite knowing that, the West Indies team are favourite to win the ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup after being one of the home teams, we can't ignore the Kiwis, who have got one of the best players in their squad. So we will be going with Black Caps for this upcoming game as it will be a crucial match for the New Zealand team after losing the game against Afghanistan.