The 1st ODI Match of the West Indies Tour of Netherlands, 2022 will take place on the 31st of May 2022 between West Indies and Netherlands at the VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen.
West Indies have announced a 15-man squad for the upcoming ODI tours of Netherlands and Pakistan, which will be the beginning of Nicholas Pooran as white-ball captain.
Pooran leads a relatively inexperienced squad on both tours with All-rounder Jason Holder has been rested from the two series to manage his workload, while left-handed opener Evin Lewis was sacked from the team as he could not fulfil CWI’s fitness criteria.
three new faces have been added in the squad, fast bowlers Jayden Seales and Shermon Lewis as well as batter Keacy Carty.
Meanwhile, In a meeting on ICC, Dinesh Karthik was asked What lies ahead for Nicholas Pooran as Windies’ new white-ball skipper.
Indian wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik Replied, it will be interesting to see how Nicholas Pooran leads West Indies cricket.
“I think obviously, his shot making ability is something that is very eye catchy as a batter. I don’t know him personally very well, but
He looks like somebody who is a very emotional person, somebody who gets very pumped up And at times in captaincy, it is very helpful at times not. So it’s going to be very interesting to see how he takes West Indies cricket forward ” he said
Skipper Nicholas Pooran is an important player for the new look West Indies side. His experience and class will certainly help West Indies to flourish against Up coming T20 World cup.
Karthik added that he has only five months left for the next T20 World Cup in Australia and it is important to have a vision with the coach to find a way to clearly understand the problems of the team he belongs to and find a way to solve them.
“As I said, when you take it up, so far he’s been doing captaincy He’s done a few games, and that’s only come because Pollard wasn’t available during those series or those specific matches.
But now he’s a full time white ball captain. It’s going to be important that he has a vision along with the coach and investing is there are a lot of issues that did happen.
He’s got to find a way to obviously understand those issues and figure out a way to sort them out and then move forward with the current team that he’s got.” karthik added
The three-match series against the Netherlands runs from May 31 to June 4 in Amstelveen while the three-match tour of Pakistan will be played from June 8-12 in Rawalpindi.
Playing the Netherlands is an absolute excellent trigger for Pooran as young captain, it will give him the opportunity to put some captain qualities in place.
The Netherlands never won against the West Indies which would be the psychological edge the WI start the game with.
Pooran and his men should capitalise with the edge they have.
Best Wishes.