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But it turned out to be a tough outing; The Rajasthan Royals star was left out of the World Cup squad
There can be many reasons why athletes are dropped from national teams. The reasons might be injury, lack of form, why top performers in the same position, string pulling, cricket board politics and many more.
But the reason why West Indies star Shimron Hetmyer was left out of the squad for the T20 World Cup will raise an eyebrow. The reason for Shimron’s exclusion from the team is the flight to Australia where the World Cup is being held.
The Men’s T20 World Cup starts from October 16. Before this, West Indies-Australia T20 series is going on. The first match is on October 5. Hence, the West Indies players started arriving in Australia following the Caribbean Premier League ended on Saturday.
Shimron Hetmeier’s flight to Australia was scheduled for October 1. But following Shimron announced that he would not be able to go that day due to some personal needs, Cricket West Indies was rescheduled to October 3.
But Hetmeyer later informed that he might not reach the airport on time on the third day. With this, West Indies Cricket Board Director Jimmy Adams dropped the player from the team.
Adams said that Hetmeier had already been informed that he would not be in the team if he might not make it to the third date.
Shamara Brooks replaces Hetmyer. Brooks is also a member of the champions Jamaica Tallawahs who have performed well in the Caribbean Premier League.
The selection panel unanimously decided to replace Shimron Hetmyer with Shamra Brooks in the World Cup squad. Hetmeier’s flight was rescheduled from Saturday to Monday due to personal reasons.
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Brooks to replace Hetmyer in the WI Squad for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup in Australia.
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It was then informed that if he might not come on Monday, he would have to be removed from the team. “We cannot take any action that will undermine the ability of the West Indies team to prepare for this very important match,” West Indies said in a statement.
In any case, Brooks was lucky to miss Hetmeyer’s flight. Brooks has been performing well in the Premier League. Therefore, there has not been much criticism of the actor replacing Hetmeyer.
Brooks has scored 241 runs from 8 matches in CPL and currently has a strike rate of 153.50.
After Hetmyer was replaced by Brooks, a match in the qualifier round of the CPL is also on the minds of cricket lovers. In that match, Hetmyer scored a magnificent century once morest the Guyana Amazon Warriors, captained by him.
At the same time, the Indian fans have turned away following hearing the story of Hetmeyer, who is a member of the Rajasthan Royals team. Many people have commented that such an exit would be rare in cricket.
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