Qualifiers could possibly be ‘blessing in disguise,’ says Pooran
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Qualifiers could possibly be ‘blessing in disguise,’ says Pooran

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Nicholas Pooran believes having to undergo a qualifying sequence to succeed in the primary draw of the Twenty20 World Cup might show a “blessing in disguise” for the West Indies.

The Caribbean aspect produced a stunning marketing campaign ultimately yr’s T20 World Cup within the United Arab Emirates to overlook the second spherical and now discover themselves dealing with a tough eight-team qualifier – divided into two teams – beginning on Sunday.

West Indies are put in in Group B alongside the damaging Scotland, Eire, and Zimbabwe, with the highest two groups in every group, advancing.

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“In all equity, these guys signify the West Indies, and it’s solely honest that we begin on the backside,” Pooran mentioned whereas talking as all 16 captains gathered for a pre-tournament media occasion Saturday.

“I feel we have now the hardest method to the World Cup, and the blokes perceive that. I preserve telling these guys it could be a blessing in disguise for us to begin within the qualifiers first.

“Clearly, everybody is aware of if you need one thing it’s important to work actually exhausting for it.”

West Indies open towards the Scots at Bellerive Oval in Hobart on Monday and comply with up with one other take a look at towards Zimbabwe on Wednesday. They shut out with a conflict towards Eire on Friday.

Sadly, they head into the qualifiers on the heels of three successive sequence losses within the final 4 months and eight defeats of their final ten T20 Internationals.

And their build-up over the past week was additionally lower than stellar, beating United Arab Emirates by 17 runs of their opening official warm-up after which having their second recreation towards the Netherlands rained out with no ball bowled.

Pooran mentioned it was crucial his aspect managed the stress related to qualifying for the October 22 to November 6 showpiece.

“To be sincere, I don’t really feel like there’s numerous stress. Actually, we consider that we’re a brand new group of men, sure, we’re new in relation to T20 cricket,” he identified.

“However sure, we wish to qualify, and clearly there’s some stress, as effectively, however the guys aren’t fascinated about that. We simply wish to concentrate on ourselves and attempt to play the very best cricket we will.”

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