KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Following a disappointing T20I sequence loss to Bangladesh, West Indies T20 captain Rovman Powell believes the gamers should use the upcoming day without work to recharge and adequately put together for 2025.
Bangladesh, ranked ninth on the earth, swept the fourth-ranked Windies 3-0, handing them their third successive T20I sequence defeat and second at residence, following losses to Sri Lanka and England.
In an interview with reporters on the Arnos Vale floor on Thursday, Powell mentioned that after a stellar begin to the 12 months, he was disenchanted with the way in which the West Indies ended 2024.
He mentioned that, with a prolonged layoff earlier than their subsequent T20 sequence in opposition to England in June, the staff wanted to do some introspection.
“All good issues should come to an finish. All dangerous issues should additionally come to an finish.
“It’s simply disappointing that we’ve completed the 12 months so badly as a T20 group, however while you look on the length of the 12 months, we now have performed some good T20 cricket, simply not for lengthy sufficient intervals,” a visibly pissed off Powell mentioned.
“The nice factor is that we now have a while off. When issues will not be going based on plan, you need to again off only a bit as an alternative of urgent.
“We’ve 4, 5 months off, you understand, if we use that point correctly and work on our sport as people and we attempt to put it collectively collectively as a staff, then we must be okay,” the skipper added.
Regardless of the consequence, Powell mentioned the way forward for T20 cricket within the area was vibrant.
He admitted that whereas the staff had not carried out to expectations, he mentioned it was not resulting from an absence of expertise.
“We nonetheless have crop of T20 cricketers within the area, it’s only for us to come back collectively and sharpen what areas we have to work on.
“I believe as a T20 group we shall be okay; it’s only a robust loss, however these issues occur like the game we play,” Powell mentioned.
“It’s been an detached 12 months. We began the 12 months brilliantly. We’ve made some strides as a staff, however to be sincere, I believe our final two or three T20 sequence have been diminished in a way that we haven’t achieved justice to ourselves as a T20 staff in the previous few sequence.”
