Afghanistan seal 2027 World Cup berth, West Indies to go through qualifiers again

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Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan and other team members during an ODI match against India. File
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Afghanistan secured automatic qualification for the 2027 World Cup with a win over Ireland on Monday, ‌leaving twice champions West Indies to go through qualifiers for the third ⁠successive edition of the 50-overs tournament.

The top eight teams in the one-day rankings on ‌September 30, excluding co-hosts South Africa and Zimbabwe, qualify directly ‌for the event.

Afghanistan’s win in ‌Belfast ⁠ensured they will finish among ⁠those teams, joining Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, England and Bangladesh.

The West Indies are ranked 10th ‌and cannot make up enough ground to qualify directly despite having two ODIs against India left to play ‌before the cut-off date.

The Caribbean side failed to seal an automatic spot at the 2023 edition ⁠and lost in the qualifiers, resulting in their absence from a men’s ‌50-overs World Cup for the first time.

They successfully negotiated the qualifiers to play at the 2019 edition.

Under the new format for 2027, the winner of the qualifier will advance directly ‌to the second stage of the World Cup, while the teams placing second, third and fourth will play ⁠in the first round known as the ⁠Super Series.

The 2027 event will be played in South Africa, ‌Zimbabwe and Namibia. The full tournament schedule has yet to be released.

Published – August 12, 2026 01:14 am IST

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Twenty20 World Cup West Indies squad | Rovman Powell to lead, rookie Shamar called in

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Rovman Powell will be leading a strong West Indian squad filled with some of the world’s best franchise freelancers for the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup.
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Rajasthan Royals power-hitter Rovman Powell will lead a strong West Indies squad, filled with some of the world’s best franchise freelancers, in the upcoming T20 World Cup in the Americas.

One of the prominent names included is rookie pace sensation Shamar Joseph, who is a part of Lucknow Super Giants in this edition of IPL.

The team bears a formidable look with some of the biggest power-hitters in world cricket like Nicholas Pooran of Lucknow Super Giants, Andre Russell of Kolkata Knight Riders, Shimron Hetmyer of Rajasthan Royals apart from skipper Powell himself being part of the 15.

Not to forget Romario Shepherd of Mumbai Indians, Sherfane Rutherford (KKR) and Shai Hope (Delhi Capitals), who are also plying their trade in the cash-rich IPL.

Pacer Alzarri Joseph, who plays for Royal Challengers Bengaluru, is Powell’s deputy while seasoned pros like all-rounders Roston Chase, Jason Holder, batters Johnson Charles, Brandon King have also been inducted. Powell, Shepherd, Russell and Rutherford all can bowl part-time medium pace apart from their primary skill of batting. The co-hosts will have three specialist spinners in left-arm orthodox Akeal Hossain, leg-spinner Gudakesh Motie and off-spinner Chase.

The two-time T20 World Cup champions are clubbed alongside Afghanistan, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Uganda. They will start their campaign against Papua New Guinea in Guyana on June 2.

Squad:

Rovman Powell (c), Alzarri Joseph, Johnson Charles, Roston Chase, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Shai Hope, Akeal Hossain, Shamar Joseph, Brandon King (wk), Gudakesh Motie, Nicholas Pooran, Andre Russell, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd.

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Afghanistan seal 2027 World Cup berth, West Indies to go through qualifiers again

Twenty20 World Cup West Indies squad | Rovman Powell to lead, rookie Shamar called in

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