The shame of West Indies was saved by rain 5 years ago, now Scotland has completed the calculation, WC will be without 2-time champion

The shame of West Indies was saved by rain 5 years ago, now Scotland has completed the calculation, WC will be without 2-time champion. New Delhi. When, what happens in cricket? Can’t be said. Hardly anyone would have thought that this year’s ODI World Cup would be without the West Indies, the team playing three consecutive finals. But this is the reality now. Scotland defeated the 2-time world champion team West Indies by 7 wickets in a match of the Super-6 round of the World Cup qualifiers being played in Zimbabwe. This defeat is not minor. Because of this West Indies got out of the race to qualify in the World Cup. Only the two finalist teams of the qualifiers can qualify for the World Cup to be held in India and now the West Indies cannot reach the finals, so they are out of the race to qualify.

This is the first time that the ODI World Cup will be played without the West Indies. The decline in West Indies’ performance in limited overs cricket, especially in ODIs, had started from 2019 itself. That year also West Indies reached the World Cup only after playing the qualifiers and even then Scotland was the only obstacle in its path. At that time, luck was on the side of the West Indies and the Caribbean team was able to qualify for the World Cup by defeating Scotland in a rain-affected match. If there was no rain in that match, then the 2019 World Cup would have happened without the West Indies.The shame of West Indies was saved by rain 5 years ago, now Scotland has completed the calculation, WC will be without 2-time champion

After 5 years, luck favored Scotland and in 2018, Scotland completed the account of the pain they had received from the West Indies in the World Cup qualifiers in Harare. In fact, in 2018 also the World Cup qualifier was played in Zimbabwe and at that time also West Indies had to enter it and like this time too, the West Indies clashed with Scotland in the Super-6 round. That match was important for both the teams to qualify for the 2019 World Cup.

West Indies played the World Cup only after defeating Scotland in 2018
Batting first against Scotland in the 2018 World Cup Qualifier match, West Indies scored just 198 runs in 48.4 overs. Chris Gayle could not even open the account in that match. Shai Hope was also out on zero. Chasing 199 runs, Scotland scored 125 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. Then it started raining. Under the Duckworth-Lewis method, Scotland were 5 runs short of the par score (130) in 35.2 overs. After this not a single ball could be bowled and the match ended there.The shame of West Indies was saved by rain 5 years ago, now Scotland has completed the calculation, WC will be without 2-time champion

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In this way, Scotland’s hopes were dashed and West Indies qualified for the 2019 World Cup with the help of luck. In that match, just before play was stopped due to rain, Scottish batsman Richie Berrington was controversially given out lbw on a ball that went outside the line of leg stump of Caribbean bowler Ashley Nurse. If this had not happened then perhaps the result would have been in favor of Scotland. But, after 5 years in 2023, Scotland completed the account of that defeat at the hands of West Indies and 2023 World Cup will be without West Indies.The shame of West Indies was saved by rain 5 years ago, now Scotland has completed the calculation, WC will be without 2-time champion

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