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[caption id="attachment_10884" align="alignnone" width="580"] It seems West Indies captain Darren Sammy is not in the mood to hand over the WT20 trophy to England captain Eoin Morgan at the pre match captains photo shoot at Eden Gardens.[/caption] Kolkata: England and West Indies will clash against each other for a second WorldT20 title here at the Eden Gardens on Sunday. Who would have thought about a England versus West Indies men’s final even a week before. And yet here we are, wondering which of the two teams will finish with the World Twenty20 trophy in their hands. Cricket definitely is a funny game where predictions don’t go right. England have shown they have the grit and temperament to pick themselves up after the loss against West Indies in the first match of the tournament. Eoin Morgan’s side came back strongly to defeat a strong South African side chasing a massive 230 at Wankhede. England made it 3-0 defeating the undefeated Kiwis at Kotla in the semi final. West Indies on the other hand shocked title contenders India to make it to the final. It has been a real creditable performance for the Caribbean’s as they had not played a T20I this year until the tournament began.More so they were without the likes of Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard and Lendl Simmons(till he played in the semis against India), who are game changers in their own right. Darren Sammy’s men give themselves the best chance of winning, as they got the better of England, Sri Lanka, South Africa and India along the way to the final. West Indies will go into the final brimming in confidence. One more thing that will go in favour of the Carribbean’s is that England have never managed to beat them in the tournament. In their previous five meetings England has been on the losing side on all the occasions. Morgan's team hopes to end that dismal record; They will also look to erase the memories of 1987 when Mike Gatting-led Englishmen had lost to the Aussies by an agonising seven runs in the ODI version of the tournament.  Sammy's side will back themselves to pull off anything. Finally it will be the first time in the history of World Twenty20 either of the two teams will win the coveted trophy for the second time. Team News: Both teams are likely to play the same team, given the grass cover on the Eden Gardens pitch. England: 1 Jason Roy, 2 Alex Hales, 3 Joe Root, 4 Eoin Morgan (capt), 5 Jos Buttler (wk), 6 Ben Stokes, 7 Moeen Ali, 8 Adil Rashid, 9 Liam Plunkett, 10 Chris Jordan, 11 David Willey West Indies: 1 Chris Gayle, 2 Johnson Charles, 3 Marlon Samuels, 4 Lendl Simmons, 5 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 6 Dwayne Bravo, 7 Andre Russell, 8 Darren Sammy (capt), 9 Carlos Brathwaite, 10 Samuel Badree, 11 Sulieman Benn