Top 5 reasons why West Indies bowed out of the Champions Trophy

3. Dismal Middle Order

The West Indies were banking on solid batting performances from their middle order batsmen. The West Indian side was always going to be prone to the criticism that they had the big-hitters but no one to anchor the innings in a format that required teams to utilize all 50 overs. West Indies included Ramnaresh Sarwan for that purpose in this team but he could only muster 2 runs in 2 games for the team. Marlon Samuels did not stand to the level of expectations either and his whirl-windy knock against the South Africans was not enough to guide them to the semi-finals.