KINGSTON – Sacked West In­dies T20 cap­tain Rov­man Pow­ell has de­scribed his 22 months in charge of the re­gion­al team as an “ho­n­our” and al­so ex­pressed pride in his ac­com­plish­ments dur­ing that pe­ri­od.

Pow­ell, who led the T20 team from 2023, was re­placed as cap­tain by Shai Hope in an an­nounce­ment made by Crick­et West In­dies on Mon­day.

The 31-year-old mid­dle or­der bats­man broke his si­lence in an In­sta­gram post on Wednes­day, say­ing he was es­pe­cial­ly proud of lead­ing the West In­dies T20 team from ninth to third in the ICC’s rank­ings.

“West In­dies crick­et is of great im­por­tance to not just my­self, but the peo­ple of the Caribbean. Lead­ing West In­dies was an ho­n­our and some­thing I will for­ev­er be proud of,” Pow­ell said.

“I would like to thank CWI for the op­por­tu­ni­ty to lead over the last two years.

“To the play­ers, a spe­cial thank you for the sup­port from the very first day to the last day as your cap­tain. Dur­ing the du­ra­tion of my cap­tain­cy, we have made in­cred­i­ble strides, mov­ing from ninth to third in the world, some­thing we can be tremen­dous­ly proud of.

“To the ma­roon fans and all lovers of West In­dies crick­et, my fam­i­ly and I thank you all for your sup­port,” he added.

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