T20 World Cup: Two-time champs West Indies fail to qualify for Super 12 stage, Shimron Hetmyer memes go viral

Only team to win the T20 World Cup twice, West Indies suffered an embarrassing knockout in the qualifying stage of the ongoing edition in Australia on Friday. West Indies were humbled by Ireland in the biggest upset of the tournament till now. 

The Caribbean team exited the World Cup after leaving key players out like Sunil Narine, Andre Russell and Shimron Hetmyer. While Narine and Russell were not selected, Hetmyer was on the squad to play but lost his chance under bizarre circumstances when he missed the flight to Australia. Consequently, the explosive batter was replaced in the T20 World Cup squad by Shamarh Brooks. 

Check how Twitterati reacted with Shimron Hetmyer memes after West Indies’ stunning and early T20 World Cup exit:

#ShimronHetmyer #IREvsWI #T20WorldCup2022 #CricketLive #WestIndies pic.twitter.com/SHldicE1RD

— yasserabidin (@yasserabidin) October 21, 2022

Shimron Hetmyer right now  #T20worldcup pic.twitter.com/cviAh9nxbH

— shaby (@shabydaboss) October 21, 2022

Shimron Hetmyer at Guyana Airport pic.twitter.com/K8snn6S3U2

— Shubh (@Vickster469) October 21, 2022

If they had arranged a Private Jet for Shimron Hetymer things could have been different for West Indies. pic.twitter.com/PfUJ2C516P

— Vicky Shinde (@iamshinde83) October 21, 2022

Shimron Hetmyer:- pic.twitter.com/Z3DyR19cr2

— KricketLober(@kricket_lober) October 21, 2022

#WIvsIRE #T20WorldCup     #IREvWI #T20WorldCup22

West Indies team comes out of Airport,

Shimron Hetmyer : pic.twitter.com/9wE2oQoxD5

— g0v(@rishu_1809) October 21, 2022

Shimron Hetmyer at the airport: https://t.co/hsPuVj0BuU pic.twitter.com/3KZgKfEd2o

— krishh (@maverickparotta) October 21, 2022

Shimron Hetmyer to @windiescricket:#WIvIRE #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/s8KIJMMEeS

— Elliot Alderson. (@rovvmut_) October 21, 2022

#shimronhetmyer right now #T20worldcup22 #IREvsWI #wivsire pic.twitter.com/2wjaRDclXL

— Mahatma Aandhi (@AandhiMahatma) October 21, 2022

Shimron Hetmyer waiting for windies team at the airport pic.twitter.com/1kNj1TwWSX

— Piyush Sharma (@BeingAbnormal01) October 21, 2022

West Indies officially out of the world cup.

Shimron Hetmyer and Andre Russel be like :-#WIvsIRE #T20worldcup22 #T20WorldCup #T20WorldCup2022 #INDvsPAK pic.twitter.com/Qi5c0NEEQP

— KL Rahul Fans #T20WorldCup #INDvsPAK (@itsPRB) October 21, 2022

West Indies out of T20 World Cup

Shimron Hetmyer:#WIvsIRE pic.twitter.com/bA3l1zXEMy

— The Cricket Followers (@cricfollowers_1) October 21, 2022

Shimron Hetmyer who missed his flight and was dropped from West Indies squad before WC #IREvsWI #T20worldcup22 #T20WorldCup #T20WorldCup2022 #WestIndies #Ireland pic.twitter.com/LpbopKvCkf

— CA Deepak Jasuja (@DeepakJasuja007) October 21, 2022

Shimron Hetmyer watching West Indies getting out of the T20 World Cup. pic.twitter.com/ILzDhxlfuC

— 12th Khiladi (@12th_khiladi) October 21, 2022

Hetmyer watching West Indies performance be like #Windies #IREvsWI #Cricket pic.twitter.com/p63b63dtDi

— Waseem Butt (@Waseem_Butt14) October 21, 2022

As West Indies bowed out early, it was Ireland’s 32-year-old T20 World Cup veteran opener Paul Stirling who did the job with an unbeaten 66 from 48 balls, taking his team comfortably home. Ireland have reached the second for the T20 World Cup only for the second time in seven outings. 

On the other hand, the most successful side in T20 World Cup history, the West Indies could win only one of their 3 group stage matches. Without stars like Hetmyer, Russell and Narine, the Nicholas Pooran-led side looked out of sorts. They had also suffered an embarrassing 42-run defeat against Scotland and only won against Zimbabwe, beating them by 31 runs.  

“It's tough, we haven't batted well in this tournament at all. On a good batting surface making 145 made it really difficult for the bowlers....We have disappointed our fans and ourselves. Definitely hurting,” skipper Pooran said after West Indies’ exit from the T20 World Cup.

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