2 min learnAug 9, 2026 09:49 PM IST
Afghanistan beating Eire by 92 runs in a rain-hit second ODI on Friday helped them safe computerized qualification to the 2027 World Cup and conversely, it confirmed that West Indies should undergo the qualifiers once more to achieve the event. It’s the third consecutive time that the West Indies, who had gained the primary two editions of the event, have didn’t make the lower for computerized qualification.
The West Indies are presently positioned tenth on the ODI rankings. The Full Member groups ranked within the high eight of the ODI rankings, excluding the hosts, acquire computerized qualification to the World Cup. South Africa are the one host throughout the high eight, with Zimbabwe ranked eleventh, which signifies that whereas the group ranked ninth – Bangladesh – are additionally in line to realize computerized qualification, the tenth place West Indies are out of competition.
West Indies wanted Eire to win the collection towards Afghanistan 5-0 or 4-1, after which beat India 2-0 of their upcoming ODI collection within the nation. The primary ODI was washed out and the second has been gained by Afghanistan, which implies Eire can solely gained the collection 3-1 in the event that they win all of the remaining matches. This now signifies that 2-0 win towards India wouldn’t be sufficient for the West Indies to interrupt into the highest 9 of the ICC rankings. The final time West Indies gained a bilateral ODI collection towards India was in 2006 and their final bilateral ODI collection win in India was 2002.
West Indies didn’t make it to the 2019 World Cup straight however dominated the qualification event to safe passage. They failed to realize computerized qualification to the 2023 event in India as properly however this time, they couldn’t undergo the qualifiers.
West Indies had gained the primary two editions of the event in 1975 and 1979 and have been the favourites to win in 1983 as properly, earlier than famously shedding to an unheralded Indian facet within the last. They’re nonetheless one in every of simply three groups to have gained the event greater than as soon as, together with India, who’ve additionally gained it twice, and Australia, who’ve gained it six occasions.
