We Will Miss You, West Indies! A Cricket World Cup Without Men In Maroon

ICC ODI World Cup 2023: For the first time in cricket World Cup history, the team from the Caribbean will be missing in action.

The performance of the West Indian team in ODIs and Tests have been on a decline for long ( Image Source :Getty )

"For ten long years,We ruled the cricket worldNow the rule seems coming to an end..." The lines from West Indian iconic singer David Rudder's 1987 'Rally Round the West Indies' song, which was later adopted as the team's anthem 12 years later, perfectly encapsulates the crisis the cricket team is going through. For the first time in cricket World Cup history, the team from the Caribbean will be missing in action. West Indies, the champions of the first two World Cups in 1975 and 1979, and