The current situation in the West Indies camp, senior players like Andrew Russell, Sunil Narine, and Evin Lewis are not available or their status isn’t yet released by the team. Oshane Thomas, Sheldon Cottrell, Fabian Allen, and Roston Chase are also in the same boat. Keeping this in mind, and recently losing series against India now has affected the team selection and its squad for the men’s T20 World Cup. Head Coach Phil Simmons and lead selector Desmond Haynes expressed their views.
Phil Simmons commented
“It hurts. There’s no other way to put it. But what can you do? I don’t think that I should be begging people to play for their countries. I think if you want to represent West Indies, you will make yourself available.”
Phil said,
“If there is a competition that is run by the West Indies (and) somebody is playing well. And I think his name should really come up for selection. And that performance is very important to us”
After Phil, Lead selector Desmond Haynes said,
“If there is a competition that is run by the West Indies (and) somebody is playing well. I think his name should really come up for selection,”
“That performance is very important to us, and we didn’t say that we have picked the World Cup team yet. so all the games that are going to be played leading up to the World Cup. we must take into consideration.”
Haynes also made reference to Russell and his current situation, stating that Russell didn’t provide his own, but that’s what he collected.
“I will love everyone to play for West Indies. I would love to make sure that all the guys make themselves available to play,”
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