Watch: Emotions Overflow As West Indies Fail To Qualify For ODI World Cup 2023

03.07.2023 - 09:21 sports.ndtv.com

The cricketing world was left stunned as two-time ODI World Cup champions, West Indies failed to even qualify for this year's mega event, with the loss against Scotland proving to be the final nail in the coffin for them.

West Indies, already on the brink of elimination, were hammered by Scotland on Saturday. The result sent the cricketing fraternity into a state of shock, with many greats of the game and former cricketers going numb over what the result meant for the forthcoming event in India.

A number of West Indies greats, who were in Zimbabwe in different capacities for the World Cup qualifiers, struggled to comprehend how one of the greatest cricketing nations failed to even qualify for this year's showpiece event.

The West Indies tale: From dominance to disappearance . A heartfold journey . . .#CWC23 #CWCQualifier #WestIndies #ODIWorldCup2023 pic.twitter.com/S77Z2eMAwE West Indies, needing a win to keep their slim qualification hopes alive, were bowled out for 181 in their 50 overs before Scotland chased down the target with 6.3 overs to spare in Harare.

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Ravichandran Ashwin produced a peach of a delivery while Mohammed Siraj made the old ball talk as a defensive West Indies crawled their way to 229 for 5 against India on a rain-hit third day of the second Test at Port of Spain, Trinidad on Saturday. Only 67 overs were possible on the third day with West Indies batters looking for a draw, adding just 143 runs. They are still 209 runs behind India's first innings score of 438. However, there was no let-up in intensity in Indian bowling as Ashwin bowled the 'ball of the series' and Siraj delivered a perfect in-cutter to clean up Joshua Da Silva just at the stroke of rain-break to end the day on an even keel on the flattest of decks.

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