Team West Indies and the twenty-20 cricket world cup 2016

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Team West Indies and the twenty-20 cricket world cup 2016

 

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Cricket is one of the famous sports in the world. There are many types of cricket formats like test cricket, ODI cricket, domestic cricket etc but twenty-20 cricket format is much popular than others because it’s a fast game of just 20 over’s for single innings. Twenty-20 cricket world cup is going to start in the month of March 2016 which is a big enjoyment for all the cricket lovers.

India is hosting this upcoming world cup which is a big platform for this sport. India is already famous for some local twenty-20 league matches like IPL and they also have huge crowed to watch cricket matches. Team West Indies is considered as the powerful team in twenty-20 cricket because they have very famous and experienced cricket players in their team. The people of West Indies like this sport too much and they are also very excited about this upcoming world cup.

 

Twenty-20 cricket world cup and bitlanders accessories

Some social websites are also celebrating this twenty-20 world cup event in different ways. One of the famous social website www.bitlanders.com is also supporting this event. They have some cricket related accessories in their shop which users can buy to decorate their avatars as a cricketer to support their favorite team. In this way, they can enjoy this event with bitlanders avatars. The available accessories are cricket blouses, cricket helmets, cricket bat and cricket trousers of various teams.

 

West Indies in twenty-20 cricket world cup

West Indies is considered as the powerful team in twenty-cricket format. All the cricket fans already know that West Indies has some famous players in their team like Chris Gayle and Darren Sammy. They have the ability to defeat any team with these experienced players. Some other good batsmen are Darren Sammy, Darren Bravo, and Andre Russel. Some good bowlers are Jason Holder, Kemar Roach and Andre Russel. Their performance in previous twenty-20 world cup matches was also very good. They have also won 2012 twenty-20 cricket world cup by defeating Srilanka.

 

Twenty-20 cricket world cup 2016 India

Twenty-20 cricket is very famous sport and the first twenty-20 world cup was introduced in the year 2007. This is the number sixth twenty-20 cricket world cup. Due to a quick 20 over game, mostly people only like to watch T-20 matches. This upcoming world is scheduled in India which is a big platform for this sport. They have huge crowed to watch cricket matches and they loved this sport too much. In this world cup, total 16 teams are taking part. First ten teams are full members whereas six teams need to qualify for the super 10 round. List of these teams is as follows:-

 

1.      Pakistan           

2.      India

3.      Australia                      

4.      New Zealand

5.      South Africa                

6.      England

7.      Srilanka                        

8.      Zimbabwe

9.      West Indies                  

10.  Bangladesh

11.  Scotland                                   

12.  Ireland

13.  Hong Kong                  

14.  Netherlands

15.  Afghanistan                 

16.  Oman

 

Team West Indies with 2012 T-20 world cup trophy

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 West Indies team squad

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Team West Indies in 2012 T-20 world cup final

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Twenty-20 world cup matches schedule of team West Indies

Team West Indies is in group 1 of super 10 round. There are total 5 teams playing in this group including West Indies. Other teams are Srilanka, South Africa, England and the team from group B winner. West Indies will play their first match on March 16, 2016 against the team England. Venue is Wankhede stadium of Mumbai. Their second match is scheduled in M. Chinaswamy Stadium of Banglore. They will play this match on March 20, 2016 against the team Srilanka. Their third match is scheduled on March 25, 2016 against the very strong team South Africa. Venue is Vidharba cricket stadium of Nagpur. Their fourth and final match of super 10 round is scheduled on March 27, 2016 against the team from group B winner. Venue of this match is Vidharba cricket stadium of Nagpur.

 

Expected team squad of West Indies in 2016 twenty-20 world cup

West Indies is a very strong team and they have already won this tournament single time in the year 2012. They have world’s best players in their team like Chris Gayle and Darren Sammy etc, so they could be very strong opponent for other teams. They also have very well all rounders and a good combination of spin and fast bowlers. The expected players of team West Indies in twenty-20 world cup 2016 are as follows:-

 

Jason Holder (Captain)
Marlon Samules (Batsman)
Chris Gayle (Batsman)
Darren Sammy
Darren Bravo
Denesh Ramdin (Wicket Keeper)
Andre Russel
Jonathan Carter
Kemar Roach
Jerome Taylor
Nikita Miller
Lendi Simmons
Suleman Benn
Sheldon Cottrel
 

 

Some best players of team West Indies and their twenty-20 cricket profile

Jason Holder

Jason Holder is a young and talented bowler of team South Africa. He is also playing as a captain of the team. His personal information and twenty-20 cricket statistics is as follows:-

 

Full Name: Jason Holder

Nick Name: Holder

Date of Birth: November 05, 1991

Current Age: 24 years

Matches he played: 04

His batting style: Right hand bat

His bowling style: Right Arm medium fast

 

Jason Holder’s twenty-20 cricket statistics

Bowling & fielding statistics

Jason Holder is a very good bowler of team West Indies. He has performed total 13 over’s and bowled 78 balls. He gave away 121 runs and got 5 wickets with an average of 24.20. His best was 2 wickets of 34 runs. His economy rate is 9.31 and strike rate is 15.60. As a fielder he has taken only 1 catch.

 

Marlon Samuels

Marlon Samuels is an excellent all rounder of team West Indies. His bowling and batting performance in other cricket formats is also very good. His personal information and twenty-20 cricket statistics is as follows:-

 

Full Name: Marlon Samuels

Nick Name: Samuels

Date of Birth: January 05, 1981

Current Age: 35 years

Matches he played: 40

His batting style: Right hand bat

His bowling style: Right arm off break

 

Marlon Samuels twenty-20 cricket statistics

Batting statistics

Marlon Samuels is an experienced all rounder of team West Indies. He has played 38 twenty-20 innings in his career and he remains not out in 5 matches. He has scored total 952 runs with an average rate of 28.85. His highest score is 85 runs not out including eight fifties. His scoring rate is 122.37.

 

Bowling & fielding statistics

Marlon Samuels is also a very good bowler. He has performed total 72 over’s and bowled 434 balls. He gave away 561 runs and got 19 wickets with an average of 29.53. His best was 3 wickets of 23 runs. His economy rate is 7.76 and strike rate is 22.84. As a fielder he has taken total 8 catches in twenty-20 career.

 

Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle is an excellent all rounder of team West Indies. His batting performance in all the cricket formats is excellent. His personal information and twenty-20 cricket statistics is as follows:-

 

Full Name: Christopher Gayle

Nick Name: Gayle

Date of Birth: September 21, 1979

Current Age: 36 years

Matches he played: 45

His batting style: Right hand bat

His bowling style: Right arm off break

 

Twenty-20 cricket statistics of Chris Gayle

Batting statistics

Chris Gayle is an experienced opening batsman of team West Indies. He has played 43 twenty-20 innings in his career and remains not out in 3 matches. He has scored total 1,406 runs with an average rate of 35.15. His highest score is 117 runs including 13 fifties and one century. His scoring rate is 142.60.

 

Bowling & fielding statistics

Chris Gayle is a very good bowler and fielder. He has performed total 50 over’s and bowled 300 balls. He gave away 359 runs and got 15 wickets with an average of 23.93. His best was 2 wickets of 15 runs. His economy rate is 7.16 and strike rate is 20.07. As a fielder he has taken total 12 catches in twenty-20 career. As a captain, he has played 17 twenty-20 matches of which 6 won and 10 lost.

 

Jason Holder Bowling Style

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Marlon Samuels Batting 

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Chris Gayle hitting a powerful shot

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Darren Sammy

Darren Sammy is a very good all rounder of team West Indies. His performance in twenty-20 matches is very excellent. His personal information and twenty-20 cricket statistics is as follows:-

 

Full Name: Darren Sammy

Nick Name: Sammy

Date of Birth: December 20, 1983

Current Age: 32 years

Matches he played: 60

His batting style: Right hand bat

His bowling style: Right arm Medium Fast

 

Twenty-20 cricket statistics of Darren Sammy

Batting statistics

Darren Sammy has played 47 twenty-20 innings in his career and remains not out in 16 matches which is excellent. He has scored total 526 runs with an average rate of 16.97. His highest score is 42 runs not out. His scoring rate is 152.02.

 

Bowling & fielding statistics

Darren Sammy is a very good bowler and fielder. He has performed total 143 over’s and bowled 862 balls. He gave away 1,037 runs and got 43 wickets with an average of 24.12. Two times he got 4 wickets. His best was 5 wickets of 26 runs. His economy rate is 7.22 and strike rate is 20.05. As a fielder he has taken total 28 catches in twenty-20 career. As a captain, he has played 41 twenty-20 matches of which 23 won and 16 lost.

 

 

Denesh Ramdin

Denesh Ramdin is a very good batsman and wicket keeper of team West Indies. His personal information and twenty-20 cricket statistics is as follows:-

 

Full Name: Denesh Ramdin

Nick Name: Ramdin

Date of Birth: October 13, 1985

Current Age: 30 years

Matches he played: 52

His batting style: Left hand bat

His bowling style: Nil

 

Twenty-20 cricket statistics of Denesh Ramdin

Batting and Wicket keeping statistics

Denesh Ramdin has played 34 twenty-20 innings in his career and remains not out in 11 matches. He has scored total 385 runs with an average rate of 16.74. His highest score is 55 runs not out including one fifty. His scoring rate is 123.40. As a wicket keeper, he has taken total 30 catches and made 13 stumps.

 

Andre Russel

Andre Russel is a very good all rounder of team West Indies. His batting performance in twenty-20 career is awesome. His personal information and twenty-20 cricket statistics is as follows:-

 

Full Name: Andre Russel

Nick Name: Russel

Date of Birth: April 29, 1988

Current Age: 27 years

Matches he played: 35

His batting style: Right hand bat

His bowling style: Right arm fast

 

Twenty-20 cricket statistics of Andre Russel

Batting statistics

Andre Russel has played 27 twenty-20 innings in his career and remains not out in 8 matches. He has scored total 219 runs with an average rate of 11.53. His highest score is 24 runs not out. His scoring rate is 124.43. 

 

Bowling & fielding statistics

Andre Russel is a very good bowler and fielder. He has performed total 56 over’s and bowled 337 balls. He gave away 538 runs and got 11 wickets with an average of 48.91.  His best was 2 wickets of 10 runs. His economy rate is 9.58 and strike rate is 30.64. As a fielder he has taken total 8 catches.

Darren Sammy bowling 

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Denesh Ramdin batting

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Andre Russel bowling

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Danger man Chris Gayle 100 runs against England

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