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Pallekele, Oct 1: Welcome to the all-important clash between West Indies and New Zealand. This is a must-win game for both teams. A loss for New Zealand will see them packing their bags while a loss for the West Indies will make their path to the semi-finals a bit harder. In the recent series between these two teams, West Indies completely dominated New Zealand, winning the T20I series 2-0. The toss is just minutes away.

Pitch Report: The pitch has gotten drier. The cracks have not widened. It is not going to be an absolute turner. The captains will have a tricky situation during the toss.

New Zealand have won the toss and elected to field

Sammy: 'We would have bowled first. We have had success against New Zealand and we will look to continue the good work. Badree replaces Edwards while Dwayne Bravo has a groin injury and Darren replaces him.'

Ross Taylor: 'We will bowl first. The pitch looks dry and there will be some dew later on in the night. 155-160 is a good score on this wicket. Hira replaces Vettori and Oram replaces Williamson.'

Teams:

New Zealand (Playing XI): Martin Guptill, Rob Nicol, Brendon McCullum(w), Ross Taylor(c), Jacob Oram, James Franklin, Nathan McCullum, Doug Bracewell, Tim Southee, Kyle Mills, Ronnie Hira

West Indies (Playing XI): Johnson Charles, Chris Gayle, Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell, Darren Sammy(c), Denesh Ramdin(w), Sunil Narine, Ravi Rampaul, Samuel Badree

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