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New Delhi, 11 August. Afghanistan began their five-match ODI series against Ireland in Belfast on Monday. third match With the three-wicket win, the ticket for the proposed ICC One Day Cricket World Cup 2027 to be jointly hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia next year has been confirmed. With this, so far 10 teams have achieved direct qualification for the World Cup.

The remaining teams will be determined through the qualifying process

In fact, the top eight teams in the ICC ODI rankings on September 30 this year (except the host countries – South Africa and Zimbabwe) will qualify directly for the World Cup. In that sense, Afghanistan has also joined the current champions Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, England, Bangladesh, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Now the decision for the remaining places will be taken through the qualifying process.

Afghanistan had performed brilliantly in the 2023 World Cup.

Talking about Afghanistan, it was also a part of the previous edition hosted by India in 2023. It showed its potential by defeating many strong teams during the tournament. The team had defeated former world champion teams like Sri Lanka, England and Pakistan. Not only this, the Afghan team also came very close to victory against Australia, but Glenn Maxwell's historic double century turned the tide of the match. Similar impressive performance is expected from Afghanistan in the upcoming World Cup also.

West Indies will have to play qualifiers

At present, West Indies, the champion of the first two editions of the World Cup (1975 and 1979), has not been successful in qualifying directly this time. Now he will have to participate in the qualifying tournament in February next year. The winner of the qualifying tournament will get a direct entry into the second round of the 2027 World Cup, while the second, third and fourth-placed teams will play in the first round, known as the Super Series.

Windies will have to go through the qualifiers for the second consecutive time

If seen, this is the second consecutive time that West Indies will have to resort to qualifying tournament to make a place in the ODI World Cup. Even in 2023, West Indies could not qualify for the World Cup. That was the first time that West Indies did not become a part of the main tournament of the ODI World Cup. Now the team will face the challenge of performing better in the qualifiers to make it to the 2027 World Cup.

Although West Indies, ranked 10th in the ICC rankings, have to play two ODI matches against India before the cut-off date (30 September), but even if they win both the matches, they will not be able to join the race again. This means they will have to go through the qualifiers once again to have a chance to win the title.