20:45 hrs IST: This will be a record chase in the final of the World T20. In the 2007 final, India notched up 157/5 but Pakistan lost the match by five runs in Johannesburg.
20:32 hrs IST: Rashid helps England past 150 and they end up on 155/9. Decent total on a sluggish pitch. Can the West Indies chase this total down?
20:26 hrs IST: WICKET! Plunkett c Badree b Bravo 4 (4) || Overs 18.3.
Brilliant from Badree. Plunkett aims to carve a full, slow ball past cover but gets the outside edge, Badree runs to his right and dives to take a splendid catch. However, he has hurt his shoulder and he is off the field. He had injured his shoulder even in the 2014 Big Bash League
20:23 hrs IST: WICKET! Willey c Charles b Brathwaite 21 (14) || Overs 17.3.
Slow and short delivery on off stump, Willey drags the pull shot to deep mid wicket, Charles misjudges it initially but dives forward to take the catch.
20:21 hrs IST: Willey breaks the shackles by smashing two sixes off Dwayne Bravo. Can England go past 150?
Carlos Brathwaite picked up the wicket of Jos Buttler as West Indies took wickets at regular intervals.
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20:10 hrs IST: WICKET! Joe Root c Benn b Brathwaite 54 (36) || Overs 14.1.
England in deep trouble. Brathwaite bowls the short cutter on leg stump, Root attempts the paddle scoop but the ball hits the glove, Benn at short fine leg dives forward and takes a good catch, Root is furious as he walks off.
20:06 hrs IST: WICKET! Moeen Ali c Ramdin b Bravo 0 (2) )|| Overs 14.
Short ball and down the leg side, Moeen Ali aims to nudge it to fine leg but ends up gloving it to the keeper.
20:02 hrs IST: WICKET! Stokes c Simmons b Bravo 13 (8) || Overs 13.4.
That is brilliant work from Bravo. Short, slow bouncer and it leaps up from the surface, Stokes is unsure whether to play it or leave it, in the end, he does neither and the ball goes off the bottom edge to backward point.
Joe Root notched up his fourth fifty as England looked to rebuild against the West Indies.
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19:52 hrs IST: Darren Sammy into the attack. He is into the attack to make up for the one over which Benn will not bowl.
19:50 hrs IST: WICKET! Buttler c Bravo b Brathwaite 36 (22) || Overs 11.2.
The 61-run stand is broken. Brathwaite heaves a shortish delivery on the pads to widish long on and Dwayne Bravo takes the catch. He dances the champion jig.
19:44 hrs IST! BANG! BANG! Buttler brings up the fifty-run partnership with some big hits. He once again targets Suleiman Benn as he launches two consecutive sixes. The first one goes over long on for a six while the second one is inside out over wide long off. 16 runs in Benn's third over and he has figures of 3-0-40-0.
19:39 hrs IST: Benn has figures of 2-0-24-0. Can Carlos Brathwaite or Andre Russell break this stand? Root is batting like a dream as he uses the pace to pull it to fine leg.
19:34 hrs IST: Benn continues to leak runs. Buttler pounces on a length delivery and launches it inside out over wide long off for a six. England 57/3 after nine overs.
19:29 hrs IST: Root is looking in magnificent touch. Badree finishes his bowling spell. 4-0-16-2. Fabulous effort.
19:24 hrs IST: Dwayne Bravo is into the attack and he concedes 10 runs in his first over. Disastrous powerplay for England. After six overs, they are 33/3.
Samuel Badree picked up two wickets as West Indies were on top against England in the final.
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Badree is on a roll. Flighted delivery outside off stump, Morgan looks to turn it to the leg side but gets the outside edge that is taken by Gayle at slip.
19:16 hrs IST: Root ends the over with a flicked four wide of mid on for a boundary. 14 runs in the fourth over.
19:14 hrs IST: Suleiman Benn into the attack. Root punches another four off the back foot. He is looking in great touch. Morgan also gets off the mark with an inside-out lofted drive over cover.
19:12 hrs IST: Only one run in the next over bowled by Badree. West Indies have made a great start.
19:10 hrs IST: WICKET! Alex Hales c Badree b Russell 1 (3) || Overs 1.5.
Full ball on leg stump, Hales heaves it to short fine leg and he thinks he has a boundary. However, he finds Badree and Hales is gutted as he walks off.
19:06 hrs IST: Joe Root gets going with a boundary. England need him to fire today in the big final.
19:04 hrs IST: WICKET! Jason Roy b Badree 0 (2) || Overs 0.2.
West Indies strike immediately. Straight delivery that skids on, Roy plays down the wrong line and the leg stump is uprooted.
19:00 hrs IST: Alex Hales and Jason Roy come out to the middle. Samuel Badree will open the bowling.
West Indies women registered their first World T20 title by defeating Australia.
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18:50 hrs IST: The Eden Gardens is starting to fill up. Both the teams are coming out for the anthems, or in this case, the team songs.
18:37 hrs IST: Here are the playing XIs for both teams
England (Playing XI): Jason Roy, Alex Hales, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan(c), Jos Buttler(w), Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Chris Jordan, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Liam Plunkett
West Indies (Playing XI): Johnson Charles, Chris Gayle, Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons, Andre Russell, Denesh Ramdin(w), Dwayne Bravo, Darren Sammy(c), Carlos Brathwaite, Samuel Badree, Sulieman Benn
18:30 hrs IST: Darren Sammy has won 10 tosses in a row. West Indies opt to bowl versus England. That is some feat.
18:28 hrs IST: The leg side is bigger than the off side. There is some patches of green grass and some brown grass. There are some footmarks from the earlier Women's game. The ball will slide on as the game progresses. There might not be much spin on offer.
18:19 hrs IST: In other news, Shahid Afridi has stepped down as captain of the Pakistan team after their disastrous performance in the Asia Cup and World T20. However, he has not retired.
18:17 hrs IST: West Indies are determined, motivated and focused. All because of one factor. Mark Nicholas, a Channel Nine commentator and former England player, said that West Indies are short of brains but have IPL history in their ranks in a column.
18:09 hrs IST: It is the clash between the 'Gayle' storm and the 'Hales' storm. West Indies also hold the advantage over England in World T20s.
West Indies women clinched their first World T20 title by registering an eight-wicket win over Australia in Kolkata.
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17:55 hrs IST: After a month of Twenty20 International, it has boiled down to this. West Indies, the 2012 champions, meet England, the 2010 champions at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
Both England and West Indies have endured a roller-coaster ride in the World T20. England started off with a loss to the West Indies, chased down a record score against South Africa and held their nerve against Afghanistan and Sri Lanka to qualify for the semi-finals. In the semi-final, they put on a clinical display to hammer New Zealand by seven wickets.
For the West Indies, they have been magnificent in this World T20. Their flair and aggression have made them the toast of the World Cup. Barring their slip-up against Afghanistan, they put on a magnificent performance against India to get to the final.
England have a superior record against West Indies in T20 matches.
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The West Indies skipper is on a mission. The West Indies have been playing focused cricket since the start of the tournament. "People just paint us as money-grabbing cricketers because of our success in T20 cricket but yet they still don't respect us in that format and we get that sometimes from our own board. A lot happened before the tournament started and I think in life I always believe everything happens for a reason. I think the pre-tournament shenanigans brought us really closer together as a team."
The West Indies have used all the distractions to galvanise themselves and they stand on the cusp of their second title. However, they will not be taking England, the 2010 champions, lightly.
England Continue to Surprise
From the depths of despair in the 2015 World Cup, Eoin Morgan's men have engineered a remarkable turnaround in the limited-overs format. They have defied expectations and are in the final of the 2016 World Cup.
The skipper has credited Paul Collingwood, the skipper who led England to their only ICC title triumph, for their turnaround.
"The key component in that has been the mindset of the players and back-room staff, and it's rubbed off on everyone." Jason Roy, who was the Man of the Match during the semi-final against New Zealand has said Morgan leads from the front.
"He's a great captain. He's got a great work ethic. And working under someone like that gives a huge amount of confidence," Roy stated.source-ndtv
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