Ireland vs West Indies, 1st T20I, June 12, 2025 - Full Commentary

Huge news for the Windies did come to surface when Nic Pooran decided to retire. And he will be heavily missed given he was almost on top of his powers. But Windies in this format do keep producing fine players and hence were World T20 Champions in 2012 and 2016. But that is a thing of the past and they need to keep building and that too rapidly towards the 2026 World T20. Ireland also have an eye on that tournament and would want to be impressive in every game leading up to the mega event. Their prowess in ODIs is definitely more. But they would want to do well in the shortest format as well.