Adams expresses optimism that the CWI will decide by the end of this week whether it would name a temporary coach for the senior men's squad of the West Indies or a number of coaches for various formats. He also notes that those negotiations are currently ongoing.
The selection panel named one debutant in Tagenarine Chanderpaul, the left-handed opening batter, and recalled two experienced players in allrounder Roston Chase and middle-order batter Shamarh Brooks
West Indies, who won the tournament in 2012 and 2016, made a shock exit from the tournament in the first round after losses to Scotland and Ireland. It did win a match against Zimbabwe, but that was not enough to help them qualify for the Super 12 stage of the tournament.
West Indies the two times T20 World Cup champion generally known as a T20 powerhouse, were knocked out from the qualifying stages of the event after defeats against Ireland and Scotland.
With this, they have overtaken the record of Sri Lankan greats Kumar Sangakara and Mahela Jayawardene, who had a stand of 166 runs for second wicket against West Indies back in 2010 edition of the tournament.
Ireland will be high on confidence with their win over two-time World Cup champions West Indies, knocking them out of the tournament and will once again rely on the explosive batting of Paul Stirling to give them a good start.
West Indies were knocked out of the T20 World Cup after they suffered a crushing defeat against Ireland on Friday sending the cricketing world into a frenzy since the West Indies is the most successful team in the history of the event, winning it twice.