New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- A solid-looking West Indies unit would be heading into the T20 World Cup with more failures than success behind them leading upto the marquee tournament and without perhaps their best T20I batter ever, Nicholas Pooran, who announced a shock retirement from international cricket last year.

The two-time champions have dropped more matches than they have won since the Super Eight exit in the last edition back in 2024, but head into the new edition with plenty of positives, especially the evolution of their skipper, Shai Hope as a well-rounded T20 batsman. The Windies often displayed glimpses of that fighting spirit and ferocious hitting which had once made them a dominant force in the shortest format of the game, though...