News Pooran hopes to rekindle 'special feeling' of 2012 and 2016 He believes this West Indies unit includes a number of match-winners who can bring home another world title Nagraj Gollapudi 01-Jun-2024 • 12 mins ago Former captain Nicholas Pooran and current coach Daren Sammy have been upbeat about West Indies' chances in the T20 World Cup • Peter Della Penna After two disappointing T20 World Cups, where they failed to qualify for the semi-finals in 2021 and progress past the first round in 2022, Nicholas Pooran believes that West Indies are now ready to "redeem" themselves. With this year's edition being co-hosted by the West Indies, Pooran said that the squad is hungry to rekindle that "special feeling" Daren Sammy 's men had experienced when they won the title in 2012 and 2016 . "Coming back in here after two years, everybody wants to get that special feeling we had when we won those two T20 World Cups," Pooran told ESPNcricinfo from his home in Trinidad.
"I feel like everybody wants that moment again. They want to be a part of that winning feeling. Doing it in front of our fans is even more special.
" Pooran replaced Kieron Pollard as West Indies' white-ball captain in May 2022 , but by November he had stepped down, a decision Cricket West Indies took as part of a review immediately after the 2022 World Cup failure. Rovman Powell leads them now. At the 2022 T20 World Cup, which was played in Australia, West Indies won just one of their three matches in the first round .
