West Indies cricket team, famous for its explosive batting, has been dominating in T20 International for a long time. West Indies has won the ICC T20 World Cup trophy twice. West Indies cricket team has announced its 15-member squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024. This mega tournament will be hosted by Rovman Powell. Fast bowler Shamar Joseph has also been included in this team and the return of Shimron Hetmyer has been seen.
Nicholas Pooran is an important player of the West Indies team in the T20 World Cup 2024. His form is very good and he is playing in T20 International matches at an average of 25.66, while his strike rate is 134.69. He has been in particularly good form in the last year. His presence in the West Indies T20 World Cup team will be important for the team. He has also performed well in IPL 2024, where he scored 305 runs in 10 matches at an average of over 60 and a strike rate of over 160.
Andre Russell's presence on the field holds a tremendous aura in the shortest format of the game. This player has experience of about 75 T20 matches. Apart from this, Andre Russell has scored more than 900 runs at a strike rate of 169.80 in his long T20 career. Bowling has also been good. Russell has performed well for KKR in the IPL 2024 league.
Shimron Hetmyer made the most of his limited opportunities for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2024. The aggressive West Indies batsman, who controlled the lower order most of the time, maintained a strike rate of 184.44 in seven innings and will look to do well in the T20 World Cup
Rovman Powell, who has got the chance to replace Nicholas Pooran as West Indies T20I captain in 2022 after a poor performance in Australia, has so far scored more than 1,300 runs at a strike rate of 144.81 in 61 international innings as a batsman. Rovman Powell is known for hitting big hits.
Shamar Joseph was included in the squad for the 2024 T20 World Cup after his impressive performances with the ball in Australia earlier this year. This fast bowler does not have experience of limited overs cricket at the domestic level. He has played only three T20 matches and two 50-over matches, in which he has taken only two wickets.
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