I have very high hopes for Afghanistan. They have the passion and they are a talented bunch, especially their spinner Rashid Khan. They defeated the Windies recently in a ODI match.
As far as West Indies is concerned, I don't harbour any notions of them rising again. I was hoping they will rise - two times in the recent past - one in 2004 when they won the champions trophy in England and one in 2012 when they won the T20 tournament in Srilanka. But, as you say they are just two more forms of cricket and not the pinnacle of cricket, which is test cricket. Because, as the name suggests it is a 'test' of the player's abilities. Not making it to the recent champions trophy tournament is embarrassing enough for a once mighty team. The world of cricket is poorer without them and I guess we need to rejoice at these odd victories here and there.
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