New Delhi: T20 World Cup 2022 has started in Australia. But, the most surprising thing in this tournament is that the two-time champion team of T20 World Cup West Indies could not qualify for this tournament this time. West Indies team has been eliminated from the qualifying round itself. During this time the condition of the team was so bad that, it could not even qualify for the Super-12 group stage.
Not only this, now West Indies coach Phil Simmons has resigned from his post. He has resigned after the team’s embarrassing performance. Cricket West Indies (CWI) has given this information itself. According to the board, West Indies have to play a Test series against Australia from 30 November to 12 December. It will be Simmons’ last series as coach.
Actually, this time the West Indies team had a very disappointing performance in the T20 World Cup. Under the captaincy of Nicholas Pooran, the West Indies team has been a victim of vicissitudes twice in the World Cup. First, West Indies lost to Scotland by 42 runs in the first match of their qualifying round.
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After that again the Windies team defeated Zimbabwe by 31 runs in the second match and made a comeback. The third match against Ireland was extremely important for the Windies. In this match, West Indies batted first, but later their bowling was a complete flop. For this reason Ireland won the match by 9 wickets. After which West Indies failed to reach the Super-12.
Let us tell you that in February 2015, former all-rounder Phil Simmons was appointed the coach of the West Indies team. He then took charge after the ODI World Cup. It was during his tenure that the team won the 2016 T20 World Cup title. Prior to this, Simmons had been the coach of the Ireland team for the last eight years.