00:00The West Indies lost what was a high-scoring match against India, resulting in their exit from the T20 World
00:05Cup.
00:06Like 2024, the men in Maroon won five games and lost two, with the team being eliminated at the Super
00:128 stage.
00:13According to cricket analyst Fazir Mohamed, many would feel the Windies gave a good account of themselves because of the
00:19scores posted in their matches.
00:22However, he says the pitches in India and Sri Lanka are much better for scoring than they were in the
00:27West Indies and USA two years ago.
00:30As such, he doesn't see much of a difference in the team's display between 2024 and 2026.
00:35All in all, if you're looking at it on the bare bones of actual performance, it was exactly the same
00:42as 2024.
00:44The difference being that the free scoring that we saw from the West Indies batters in the main made it
00:50feel a lot better,
00:52even with the disappointment of losing to India, the fact that it went right down to the last over
00:57and required an excellent innings from Sanju Sampson makes it feel a lot better for the West Indies to go
01:03out once again at the Super 8 stage.
01:06So it's once more another tournament that the West Indies, since 2016, when they famously lifted the title for a
01:12second time,
01:13have now won 40-20 World Cups without making the semi-finals.
01:18Having said that, Mohamed feels there were still some encouraging signs based on the West Indies team's performances.
01:26But he says a lot of factors have to come into the equation if the Caribbean team is to shine
01:31on the world stage in years to follow.
01:33The fact now is whether or not the West Indies team will be able to stay together as a unit
01:39with all of the competing interests in the franchise format
01:42and really play enough cricket together to achieve that level of consistent excellence,
01:48which is really what is required for the West Indies to move forward and actually be a team that can
01:54not only get to the semi-finals,
01:56but to challenge for the title itself when it comes to the next World T20 competition.
02:02Mohamed says it's necessary for the West Indies to have both consistency and excellence if they are to be a
02:08force to be reckoned with.
02:09He says it's not good for one or two players to have a couple of good games here and there.
02:14It really has to be, when you're taking on teams of the calibre of India or South Africa in this
02:19tournament,
02:20who are really the powerful team in this competition so far, you really have to be on your A game
02:26almost all the time.
02:28And that's the same for any other elite competition.
02:31When you really think about it, in sprinting, athletics, in tennis, in football, it's just those marginal decisions,
02:39those marginal moments that really make the difference.
02:43And we often say, well, so-and-so is lucky, so-and-so had things going their way.
02:47Well, as it's often said, the more you practice, the more you train, the more you work on your game,
02:53the more you aspire towards consistent excellence, the luckier you tend to be.
02:58Time will tell what's in store for the West Indies when the tournament shifts to Australia and New Zealand in
03:032028.
03:05Then the newTON one, it is exploited.
03:07No.
03:07No.
03:07No.
03:08No.
03:08No.
03:08No.
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