The two times T20 World Cup champions West Indies got eliminated from the first round of T20 World Cup 2022 earlier today after they lost their second game in the preliminary round, ahead of the Super 12s.
West Indies had lost their first game in the tournament against Scotland, but they had made a thumping comeback in the next game against Zimbabwe and had kept themselves in contention for the super 12s, however, the last game against Ireland was a must win for them which they ended up losing today.
So far in the T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia, the teams batting first have had a slight advantage because it has not been easy to chase down totals and Windies’ skipper Nicholas Pooran won a good toss today, but the Windies batsmen weren’t able to put a big score on the board.
It’s again the spin bowling which did most of the damage to the Windies, as the Irish leg spinner Gareth Delany bowled a spell of 16 for 3 in his 4 overs which put complete brakes on the momentum of the Windies innings and they eventually finished with a score well below par on a good Hobart surface.
Ireland absolutely dominated West Indies in the must-win game for Super 12 qualification
Ireland, in reply, went on the attack straightaway as they didn’t want the Windies bowlers to put the squeeze on in the first few overs of the chase. The way the Irish openers batted, the Caribbean bowlers didn’t have too much of a chance to come back from there.
The Irish skipper Andrew Balbirnie couldn’t quite get the job done by remaining unbeaten, but the second-wicket partnership between Paul Stirling and Lorcan Tucker made sure that Ireland made their way into the super 12 round of T20 World Cup 2022.
Here is how Twitter reacted after West Indies got eliminated from T20 World Cup in the first round today –
The West Indies story is a very worrying story for cricket. Very worrying.@RevSportz
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) October 21, 2022
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West Indies downfall started here. pic.twitter.com/RMGHHDBBGI
— M. (@IconicKohIi) October 21, 2022
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Bishop is commentary pointing out in 2020 Ireland & West indies drew t20 series 1-1 & recently they won the ODI series 2-1 in Windies & Ireland is a full member. Basically he means it’s not an upset this is where both team stands right now, love this dude for clarity
— Osama. (@ashaqeens) October 21, 2022
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You'd never know that the West Indies are ranked 7th in the world from the way they've played this group stage. Boatraced by both Scotland and Ireland. If Zimbabwe were slightly more composed, they probably would've beaten them too.
— Peter Della Penna (@PeterDellaPenna) October 21, 2022
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This is the first time a champion team didn't qualify for Super 12.
Tough times for West Indies cricket.
Advertisement— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) October 21, 2022
West Indies isn't same since you left pic.twitter.com/dJ5DogLZ4F
Advertisement— Labeed (@Labeed_Siddiqui) October 21, 2022
world cup without best t20 entertainer team west indies. black day for cricket history.
Advertisement— 🐰 (@firki07) October 21, 2022
Two-time world champions West Indies are about to be knocked out of the T20 World Cup.
AdvertisementFearless cricket from Ireland, seriously impressive performance from Paul Sterling.#T20WorldCup
— Nic Savage (@nic_savage1) October 21, 2022
