Two-time champions West Indies won’t have the providers of their celebrated names on the T20 World Cup however captain Nicholas Pooran feels the presence of star energy doesn’t assure success in a group sport.
Not many are giving the West Indies an opportunity with as many as 12 gamers, who took half within the World Cup 12 months in the past, not travelling to Australia for various causes. The group will probably be lacking the likes of Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo and Lendl Simmons who all have retired from worldwide cricket. Andre Russell and Sunil Narine are additionally not right here. “I believe it must be a stability with expertise and youthful gamers. If you have a look at it, there have been numerous huge names after we gained these two World Cups, however we additionally had numerous huge names within the final 12 months’s World Cup, as effectively, and we didn’t qualify.
“To answer that question, it plays a part. I think not only the big names but experienced players, and it is not about any particular players, but it is about our team performance. “Obviously Australia won last year and they didn’t have too many big names, but they obviously had a team and that was proven that that was enough for them to win the World Cup,” stated Pooran forward of their opener towards Scotland on Monday.
Most of the squad members haven’t performed in Australia, making the problem more durable for the West Indies. “Yeah, it’ll be a challenge. But our guys are confident. We’ve been here for over two weeks now. I think the guys are ready to go and acclimatizing to these conditions,” Pooran stated. “A lot of these guys haven’t played in Australia. This will be the first time, but the guys are confident, they’re happy. The preparation has been really good, and we just can’t wait for tomorrow to start our game.”
To win the trophy for the third time will probably be particular, stated the southpaw. “Obviously for this group right here, it’s a brand new group, new faces, numerous youthful gamers within the group. For us to clearly win this World Cup, it could be our largest achievement as people.
“We are underdogs in this tournament as much as we have won the tournament twice, and a lot of people, a lot of media you see, a lot of people don’t think we can even qualify, as well. So it will mean a lot for us,” added Pooran.
