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West Indies is out of the race to ODI the world cup
West Indies will not play the World Cup (AP Photo)

Scotland trump the West Indies and the two-time champions are out of contention to reach #CWC23 ????#SCOvWI: https://t.co/D0FGi8lXDh pic.twitter.com/zQ0LVGYKCE

— ICC (@ICC) July 1, 2023

West Indies will not play in the 2023 ODI World Cup. Yes, it is true. The team has missed qualifying for the ODI World Cup for the first time. The Windies were defeated by Scotland in the Super Six round of the World Cup qualifiers. Only the two teams that reach the finals of this tournament will play in the World Cup. And now West Indies will not be able to go to the final.
West Indies won the first two ODI World Cups in 1975 and 1979. Whereas in the final of 1983, he was defeated by India. The 13th edition of the World Cup will now be played without this team. This will be the first time that this Caribbean team will not play in the ODI World Cup.

Earlier, West Indies had finished at number nine in the ODI Super League. Because of this, he had to play in the World Cup qualifiers. The top eight teams of the ODI Super League got direct entry into the World Cup.

West Indies were placed in Group A of the qualifiers along with Zimbabwe, Netherlands, USA, and Nepal. The top-three teams of both the groups of this tournament were to get an entry in the Super Six. These teams have also brought with them the points of their results against the qualifying teams.

West Indies started the qualifiers with wins against USA and Nepal. But then they were defeated by Zimbabwe and Netherlands. That is, while coming in the next round, he came without any points. While Zimbabwe came with four and Netherlands with two points.

Whereas from Group B, Sri Lanka came ahead with four points and Scotland with two points. The third team Oman did not have any points. Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka have won their first matches in Super Six. Now he has six points each.

Due to this West Indies had to win all the remaining three matches. And they lost in the very first match. Now if they beat Sri Lanka and Oman in the remaining two matches.