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West Indies, champions in Sri Lanka in 2012 and India in 2016, restricted Papua New Guinea to 136-8 in Providence but then slipped from 61-1 in eight overs to 97-5 after 16 as the qualifiers threatened to pull off an upset.

However, Roston Chase (42no off 27 balls) and Andre Russell (15no off 9) shared an unbroken stand of 40 from 18 balls as the home side triumphed with an over to spare in the Group C fixture.

Rovman Powell’s West Indies followed fellow co-hosts USA in starting off their tournament with victory – USA defeating Canada by seven wickets in the competition opener in Dallas thanks chiefly to Aaron Jones’ 94 not out from 40 balls, which featured 10 sixes.

West Indies have slumped in the previous two T20 World Cups, knocked out in the Super 12s in the United Arab Emirates in 2021 and failing to make it past the first round in Australia in 2022.

They are expected to impress this year after winning recent bilateral T20I series against South Africa, India and England under Powell’s captaincy.

West Indies reduced Papua New Guinea to 7-2 in 2.1 overs with seamer Romario Shepherd and left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein accounting for Tony Ura (2) and Lega Siaka (1) respectively.

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