India, Feb. 4 -- In it to win it. Daren Sammy the West Indies captain would never have it any other way. Backs to the wall, legitimate T20 stars sparring with administrators, the cricket body staring at financial ruin, West Indies knew only a World Cup win could deliver them from the unrest. And so on a hot Kolkata afternoon ten summers ago, Sammy proclaimed West Indies were "in it to win it".

Less than a month later, Carlos Brathwaite smoked four consecutive sixes off Ben Stokes in the final at Eden Gardens to script a miracle. Then captain, now coach, it can't be coincidence that Sammy is back in India, at the Eden Gardens, making West Indies dream again.

No nation apart from the West Indies has won the T20 World Cup twice in a row. N...