WI vs ITA Live Cricket Score, West Indies vs Italy T20 World Cup 2026 Match Today
West Indies vs Italy Live Score: West Indies to lock horns with Italy.
West Indies (WI) vs Italy (ITA) T20 World Cup 2026 Live Cricket Score Updates: Italy won the toss in the final match of what has been a memorable maiden campaign for them in the T20 World Cup and captain Harry Manenti said that they are bowling first. Shai Hope has said that the West Indies are not making any changes, choosing to keep the good momentum that they have built thus far with this playing eleven going.
Jason Holder is playing his 300th international match and he would be hoping it ends in another win. The West Indies are known to swing wildly from being a seemingly invincible side to a team looking devoid of ideas in T20Is. So far, though, it is the former that has stepped up, with the West Indies looking every bit like the team that’s among the few to have won this tournament twice.
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Playing XIs:
West Indies: Brandon King, Shai Hope(w/c), Shimron Hetmyer, Roston Chase, Sherfane Rutherford, Rovman Powell, Jason Holder, Matthew Forde, Akeal Hosein, Gudakesh Motie, Shamar Joseph
Italy: Justin Mosca, Anthony Mosca, Syed Naqvi, JJ Smuts, Harry Manenti(c), Ben Manenti, Grant Stewart, Gian Meade(w), Crishan Kalugamage, Thomas Draca, Ali Hasan
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T20 World Cup: Football giants England and Italy serve up a cricket thriller in Kolkata
Ben Manenti smashed Will Jacks for 13 runs with Italy posting 47/3 at the end of the powerplay. (Express Photo by Partha Paul)
In a unique sporting crossover, traditional football giants Italy and England faced off in their first-ever T20 World Cup cricket match at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The narrative highlights the irony of the setting—a city famous for its football obsession—and draws parallels between the two nations’ footballing identities and their cricket performance, noting that Italy’s “stubborn defense” gave a higher-ranked, “industrial” England side a surprisingly difficult challenge. (Read more from Sayak Dutta)
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