The talk before the T20 World Cup started was whether totals would go through the roof - 300 was the buzzword. Harry Brook, the England captain, predicted many big totals in the World Cup because of good wickets, rapid outfields and short boundaries. Eleven games into the World Cup, 300 is nowhere in sight - there have been only two totals over 200 and just one over 210.

Even the Wankhede, with all the characteristics that Brook mentioned, has not seen a 200-plus total in the two games so far at the venue, despite favourites India and England, with all their big-hitters, playing there. Have the expertise and punditry of the stalwarts gone wrong? Or have there been efforts somewhere to make conditions more challenging so that games between the Full and Associate members are much more even?

The consensus is that the pressures and consequences of results are a little different in the World Cup compared to bilateral series or an IPL contest. "I think generally in World Cups, you see teams play the percentages a little more, maybe not risk as much," explains Jos Buttler of England, who play West Indies at the Wankhede in Mumbai in one of the 11 full-member games among the 40 matches in the group stage.

Whatever the eventual scores, an England-West Indies contest is sure to be exciting. The last time the two played in the same tournament at the same venue, in 2016, Chris Gayle smashed 11 sixes and remained unbeaten on exactly 100. Gayle, no doubt, was a one-of-a-king phenomenon in T20Is, but 10 years on, both teams have developed several big-hitters and the match could be an exciting one, high-scoring or not. Both sides, who are two-time champions, have begun on a winning note .

"You just need one more run than the opposition on that day on that given surface. And that's the most important thing in tournament cricket, especially," said Buttler, himself a big-hitter and a big name in the T20 circuit. Then went on to speak about the 2016 contest and put it in the present context. "Chris Gayle is the best T20 batter there's ever been so yeah ten years ago obviously hopefully the result can be different tomorrow night."

Daren Sammy was more forthright on the scores, saying the West Indies do not plan for total but target for some runs above the par total. "I'm not trying to score 300. I'm trying to play the conditions. It's all well and good before the tournament. You have an idea of what you want to do. But at the end of the day, when you go and play, what the surface dictates, you try to get an extra 20 runs if you can. If the par score is 190, you try to get 220 to give you some cushion with the ball when you bowl. But we don't plan our batting in trying to score 300," the West Indies coach said.

Claims and views aside, it could still be a match with a big score given the presence of big-hitters in either squad. The World Cup and Wankhede might see the first 300-plus score of the World Cup yet.