West Indies performed horribly in the two-match Test series against India after missing out on qualification for the 2018 ODI World Cup. Following this, many former cricket players and industry professionals voiced their worries and claimed that the team wasn’t strong enough to compete, with some even questioning their legitimacy as a nation that played Test cricket. Their performance in the three-match ODI series didn’t change much as the complaints increased.
The T20I series, however, saw a complete flip of events as the Rovman Powell-led team thrashed India by eight wickets to win the series 3-2.
After the completion of the same, former West Indies cricketer Ian Bishop came up and voiced his emotions, saying that despite helping the national team progress, some of his friends and colleagues were busy criticizing and requesting their removal, which has wounded him greatly.
“On social media, I noticed some posts from my friends and coworkers about the situation of West Indies cricket. When a buddy is injured, you don’t tell them to get rid of them, I would like to remind them of this. Searching for ways to assist them is your goal. Bishop was quoted by India Today as stating, “Leave it.
Continued T20I experimentation by India
Team India tested many new players in the T20I series against West Indies in an effort to assemble a core roster for the 2018 T20 World Cup. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Tilak Varma were asked to bowl in the series’ final game while Ishan Kishan was benched after just two games.
However, given that he is one of the players who is expected to keep his place in the starting XI, the fact that Axar Patel received just one over in the series decider also felt odd. In general, India’s experiments didn’t actually produce any outcomes, which is worrying moving forward.
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