ROVMAN POWELL ON WI V PNG

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West Indies captain -Rovman Powell.. says it's important to make a winning start to the T-20 World Cup.. as the Caribbean side takes on Papua New Guinea.. in the opener tomorrow.. from 10.30am T&T time.  Powell is also satisfied with the preparations.. ahead of the encounter in Guyana.  Vinod Narwan has the details.

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00:00 Windy skipper Ravman Powell is pleased with his team's preparations ahead of the T20 World

00:04 Cup with the men in maroon taking on Papua New Guinea on Sunday at the Providence Stadium.

00:09 Powell believes coach Darren Samy's experience will play a big part as well.

00:13 You mentioned the fact that we have Darren Samy as our coach, a two-time World Cup winner

00:18 for the West Indies.

00:19 That should provide us with additional resources that we need when things get tight because

00:26 he has been in the position already before.

00:28 Hopefully his experience, his knowledge can spread across the group and be very fruitful

00:34 for us in this World Cup.

00:37 West Indies all-rounder Andrew Russell recently helped KKR beat Sunrisers Hyderabad to win

00:41 this year's IPL.

00:43 Regarding Russell's inclusion in the side, Powell is looking forward to Superman playing

00:47 a big role.

00:48 As it regards the team combination with Andre Russell, if Andre Russell rock up for any

00:53 international team, he would definitely slot in within the team.

00:58 So that is no surprise to see Andre automatically slot in in our team.

01:03 He comes with well-tied experience and the good thing is that he comes with additional

01:07 confidence on the back of good performances in the IPL.

01:11 So we're definitely looking forward to Andre Russell being a significant part of our World

01:17 Cup and hopefully, just hopefully, he can be a three-time World Cup champion after this

01:21 one.

01:23 The West Indies skipper sees the importance of getting off to a good start.

01:26 As such, he means business going into the clash against the fledglings.

01:30 Yeah, it's very, very important.

01:32 Any World Cup campaign you play, you want to start off with a winning note.

01:36 You want to start off with getting your feet wet, you know, from a winning perspective.

01:42 Winning drives confidence within the group and it's important for us to start on a winning

01:46 note.

01:47 So definitely that is something higher than our agenda.

01:51 So hopefully tomorrow the rain can stay away and the West Indies can play close to a pretty

01:58 good game.

01:59 Powell says it's good that USA is a co-host, which in turn should encourage youngsters

02:04 in the States to take up the sport.

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