West Indies, Bangladesh Face Must-Win Situation Against Each Other In T20 World Cup

Defending champions West Indies and Bangladesh would be locked in a do-or-die battle when they square off in the T20 World Cup on Friday.

Their campaigns thrown haywire by back-to-back losses, defending champions West Indies and Bangladesh would be locked in a do-or-die battle when they square off in a crucial group 1 Super 12 match of the T20 World Cup in Sharjah on Friday. While the West Indies lost to England and South Africa, Bangladesh were defeated by Eoin Morgan and Co. after going down to Sri Lanka. Both teams need a win to keep their semi-final hopes alive. The West Indies desperately need to sort out their batting woes. In their campaign opener against England, they were bowled out for 55 and all their batters were guilty of throwing away their wickets going for big shots instead of rotating the strike and building the innings.

In the second game, the two-time champions slightly tweaked their no-holds barred approach, sending Lendl Simons to anchor the innings.

But the opener was painfully slow, managing 16 off 35 balls. Simmons' innings resulted in the other batters, including Evin Lewis who hit a quick-fire half-century, to take risks and in turn lose their wickets.

West Indies lost eight wickets for 64 runs between the 11th and 20th over to put up a below-par target.

Going ahead, Simmons could be replaced by Roston Chase, who anchored the innings well while scoring an unbeaten 54 in the warm-up match against Afghanistan.