KOLKATA, India (AP) — Italy gained the toss and elected to discipline in opposition to high-flying West Indies in its final T20 World Cup sport on Thursday.
West Indies has already certified for the Tremendous 8s with three consecutive wins in Group C and is in Group 1 with co-host India, Zimbabwe and South Africa. New Zealand, England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are in Group 2 of the second spherical.
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Harry Manenti continues to guide Italy, enjoying its first-ever main ICC international occasion, after captain Wayne Madsen was dominated out of the event when he dislocated his shoulder on the identical venue whereas fielding within the opening group sport in opposition to Scotland.
Manenti hoped his bowlers would get some swing within the day sport and take some early wickets.
“Hope there’s a bit within the wicket,” Manenti mentioned on the toss. “We take some confidence from the England sport and West Indies is one other highly effective crew.”
Italy was crushed by Scotland and England in group video games however shocked much-fancied Nepal with a powerful 10-wicket win in Mumbai.
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West Indies top-order batters have scored aggressively with captain Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer and Sherfane Rutherford scoring half centuries throughout the three group video games.
Hope mentioned he didn’t thoughts dropping the toss as a result of “it’s not in our arms” as West Indies went with an unchanged squad that beat Nepal by 9 wickets within the final sport.
Later Thursday
Zimbabwe, which knocked out Australia from the event, concludes its group stage with a sport in opposition to Sri Lanka in Colombo later Thursday.
Afghanistan, which made the semifinals in 2024 and misplaced an exhilarating double tiebreaker in opposition to South Africa this previous week, will meet Canada in its final Group D match.
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West Indies: Brandon King, Shai Hope (captain), Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Matthew Forde, Roston Chase, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosain, Shamar Joseph, Gudakesh Motie.
Italy: Justin Mosca, Anthony Mosca, Syed Naqvi, Harry Manenti (captain), J.J. Smuts, Ben Manenti, Grant Stewart, Gian-Piero Meade, Crishan Kalugamage, Thomas Draca, Ali Hasan.
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