England vs West Indies T20 World Cup 2026 Live Cricket Score Updates: Harry Brook-led England will take on Shai Hope’s West Indies in the T20 World Cup 2026 Group C match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday. The game begins at 7:00 PM IST.
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Both England and West Indies begin their T20 World Cup 2026 campaigns with wins. While the West Indies romped home comfortably against Scotland, winning the tie by 35 runs in Kolkata, England were pushed to the wall by the small mountain nation of Nepal in their tournament opener. It was only Sam Curran’s last-over heroics that saw England defend 10 runs off the final six deliveries and take two crucial points from the match-up.
WI vs ENG Squads
West Indies: Brandon King, Shai Hope (c&wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd, Matthew Forde, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Gudakesh Motie, Shamar Joseph, Johnson Charles, Roston Chase, Quentin Sampson, Jayden Seales.
England: Philip Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Harry Brook (c), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Jofra Archer, Liam Dawson, Adil Rashid, Luke Wood, Josh Tongue, Rehan Ahmed, Jamie Overton, Ben Duckett.
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‘Don’t worry, mom. I’ll take care of the water’: The night that made Rovman Powell
West Indies bowler Rovman Powell drops a catch during the T20 International cricket match between South Africa and West Indies, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Rovman Powell, the big-hitting Caribbean star who makes bowlers around the world lose sleep, now plays in leagues for money that would have seemed like a fairy tale to that boy with wet feet. But he remembers those damp nights with the clarity of yesterday. “I knew the importance of a male figure in the house,” he says simply. “I was that male figure.”
“My mom was a single mother, and my sister was there. As a male, part of your job is to protect. It felt natural thing to do”,’ he adds.
