Captain Shai Hope is preaching “calm” in the West Indies dressing room as they take aim at the mega-million-dollar winner’s jackpot at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. West Indies have been in red-hot form so far with two comprehensive wins over Scotland and England in Group C. They have two upcoming prelim matches against Nepal on Sunday and Italy next Thursday and from there are expected to advance to the second phase.
Nation News got access to the tournament prize money allocation and shows the Windies have pocketed just over US$62 000 (BDS $124 000) in winnings so far. A first prize of US$2.3 million (BDS$4.6 million) is on the table as they look to continue their fantastic run. Overall, US$11 million is up for grabs.
Hope, who is in his first global event as West Indies captain, has indicated that they will continue to take it match by match and the team is focused on each match, rather than looking too far ahead.
“As we have said many times before, this is a World Cup. Any team in this tournament can beat any other one on a day. So, we have to ensure we’re still executing the way we need to. The planning must be there once again, not taking anyone lightly. We understand the importance of every single game, even though we gave ourselves a nice position to be in, but still, we have to ensure we plan it the same way, we execute it the same way against Nepal who we face next, then back to Kolkata to face Italy,” he said.
West Indies are one of the most successful teams in history. They had a superb title win back in 2012 over Sri Lanka and 2016 a memorable triumph when they snatched a magnificent victory over England in India. They have their eyes on becoming the first team in history to win the title three times. If they manage to secure that monumental feat, they will write their names on history’s pages and land the multi-million-dollar payday and the glittering trophy.
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