West Indies

The T20 format is best suited for the West Indies, home to stroke players and fast bowlers. Their cavalier approach is fraught with risk, but they have had plenty of success — West Indies are the only team to win the T20 World Cup twice. The second triumph was fashioned in an improbable manner. Needing 19 to win off the last over in 2016, Carlos Brathwaite blasted four sixes off Ben Stokes at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, in India.

The new squad is a mix of youth and experience. Veterans Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo and Andre Russell are the pillars, while the next-generation players

The new squad is a mix of youth and experience. Veterans Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo and Andre Russell are the pillars, while the next-generation players of Nicholas Pooran and Shimron Hetmeyr are batsmen cast in the Caribbean mould.

of Nicholas Pooran and Shimron Hetmeyr are batsmen cast in the Caribbean mould.

The bowling looks fragile despite the return of veterans Ravi Rampaul and Roston Chase. Injury and the fitness of some players are a concern for skipper Pollard.

Squad: Kieron Pollard (captain), Nicholas Pooran, Akeal Hosein, Dwayne Bravo, Roston Chase, Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Evin Lewis, Obed McCoy, Lendl Simmons, Ravi Rampaul, Andre Russell, Oshane Thomas, Hayden Walsh Jr.

Head coach: Phil Simmons

Star players: Dwayne Bravo, Andre Russell

Best finish: Champions (2012, 2016)