West Indies have an opportunity to redeem themselves in the one format they nonetheless stay a risk in world cricket after they introduced a packed dwelling season earlier than they got down to defend the World T20 title in India in October-November. South Africa, Australia and Pakistan are set to tour the Caribbean for a lot of worldwide fixtures which embrace as many as 15 T20Is working from June until August. West Indies are the defending champions having gained the title in 2016 however since then have seen their fortunes dwindle within the format. They stay the one crew to have lifted the trophy twice.
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Amongst their massive star gamers, Kieron Pollard has performed a most 34 (out of a potential 53 matches) on this timeframe. He has been a high-impact participant for the Mumbai Indians with devastating performances in back-to-back title wins in 2019 and 2020. He has additionally returned with the Player of the Tournament within the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2020 main Trinbago Knight Riders to victory.
Other stalwarts like Shimron Hetmyer and Nicholas Pooran have performed simply 27 matches which is half the quantity the West Indies has performed within the format on this time-frame. They have been a patch of the gamers they’re within the IPL with a median of lower than 20 and strike fee round 120 for the West Indies on this interval. Just for perspective, Pooran might not have had an amazing IPL 2021 however has an total strike fee of just about 158 within the match
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The Universe Boss – Chris Gayle – regarded by many as the best T20 batsman ever, has mustered simply 137 runs in 10 innings for the West Indies at a strike fee of 103.78 post-April 2016.
Thus, with the unavailability of their massive high-impact gamers for a lot of the bilaterals, there was no actual depth or motivation for the West Indies to do nicely in these sequence. While the likes of Gayle, Pollard, Russell, Bravo, Hetymer, and Pooran have been busy conquering the varied T20 leagues all over the world. West Indies, the 2016 champions have slipped from one low to the opposite.
But that’s the factor with the West Indies gamers. They generally tend to boost their sport within the mega occasion – the World T20 as they displayed each in 2012 and 2016. West Indies had barely performed 8 matches within the format between the 2014 and 2016 WT20 tournaments and weren’t the favourites by a protracted shot. What occurred in India in 2016 is historical past!
The crew performs poorly within the bilaterals – partly trigger they miss a few of their greatest gamers within the format who’re plying their traits in several T20 leagues on this planet and partly as a result of there appears to be no motivation to win these sequence. But as quickly as they arrive collectively from any nook of the world to play for the West Indies within the prestigious match they really feel impressed and lift their sport to a stage that can not be matched by any opposition.
The West Indies have a slight benefit this time round. Their 18-man squad for the 15 matches at dwelling contains all the massive names – Gayle, Pollard, Russell, Pooran, Hetmyer, Lewis, Bravo, Simmons and so on. This basically implies that the crew will get sufficient time to gel as a unit and harness their expertise collectively as a cohesive pressure forward of the World T20 in October.
A good exhibiting at dwelling will assist West Indies climb a number of locations within the ICC Rankings. But extra considerably, it’ll give them the arrogance and momentum to enter the mega occasion in India as one unifying and dominant pressure.
In such a situation nobody will wager towards them successful a report third World T20 title.
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