They played each other in their opening game on 16 March at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, with the West Indies winning by six wickets with 11 balls to spare.

West Indian opener Chris Gayle scored an unbeaten 100 runs off 47 balls, including 11 sixes, becoming the first player to hit two T20 International centuries.

They were also in the midst of a limited overs overhaul that eventually brought them victory in the 2019 World Cup on home soil, with members who eventually played in both tournaments including batsmen Joe Root and Jason Roy, all-rounder Ben Stokes, wicketkeeper Jos Buttler, fast bowler Liam Plunkett and leg-spinner Adil Rashid.

[10] Despite subpar performances in Test and ODI play, the West Indies were confident heading into the tournament and entered the final as the second-ranked T20 team behind only India.

Late replacement Lendl Simmons led the chase, surviving being caught twice off no-balls to score an unbeaten 82 off 51 balls and earn Man of the Match.

[12] The West Indies started well with Badree bowling Roy for a duck with just the second ball and fellow opener Alex Hales being caught off Andre Russell in the second over.

Root helped England climb back into the game with 54 off 36, but he was caught playing an uncharacteristic paddle sweep off Carlos Brathwaite.

[13] Root was a surprising choice to bowl the second over of the West Indian innings but immediately dismissed both Gayle and fellow opener Johnson Charles.

Tight bowling left them nineteen runs behind going into the final over, but Brathwaite hit four consecutive sixes off the first four balls from Ben Stokes to seal the win.

[17][18] England captain Eoin Morgan said that "we let ourselves down with the bat and probably fell about 40 short"[19] and defended Ben Stokes bowling in the final over saying "it's not his fault".