Two-time World Champions West Indies were knocked out in the qualifying stages of the T20 World Cup on Friday, 21 October. Ireland defeated West Indies by 9 wickets at the Bellerive Oval to enter the Super-12 stage of the T20 World Cup.
Windies, who are known to be a T20 powerhouse in world cricket, failed with both bat and ball on the day, ending a terrible campaign for the new generation players, who were without the services of Andre Russell and Sunil Narine. A teary-eyed Nicholas Pooran walked out in the post-match presentation and apologised to the fans and said that it hurt that the team had to go back home this early in the tournament.
“It’s tough,we haven’t batted well in this tournament and didn’t today either. Coming here and defending 145 was really difficult. Asking the bowlers to defend the total was really going to be a challenge. Congratulations to Ireland, I think they batted fantastically and bowled well,” the West Indies captain said.
“There’s a lot of positives Brandon King is batting well, Alzarri stepped up. But we are disappointed and have disappointed the fans back home. It is definitely hurting. I am definitely disappointed. We live to see another day,” the player concluded his short assessment after the knockout blow.
