Darren Sammy is the only Captain who had made it for the second time West Indies to win the T20 World Cup. Sammy and his team performance in the tournament were awesome and played really well. Though West Indies team wasn’t given support by their Board, the team won the T20 World Cup for the second time.
What’s surprising is that Darren Sammy, Chris Gayle, and Dwayne Bravo aren’t selected to the upcoming tri-series against South Africa and Australia starting from 3rd June. Instead, Sunil Narine and Kieron Pollard were selected who didn’t play 50-over match since 2014. Hence, the trio expressed their utter sense of surprise and disappointment.
Sammy, Bravo, and Gayle didn’t play Nagico Super50 which held in the month of January as they were busy in Australia playing Big Bash League. Even Narine and Pollard didn’t play as Narine was suspected and found to be illegal and Pollard suffered from the knee injury at the time. However, Narine was allowed to bowl by ICC from April.
Here are the Twitter Reactions of the Trio about their selection:
@KieronPollard55 & #SunilNarine selected for WI Tri-Series ?. How is that possible @westindies ? …
— Chris Gayle (@henrygayle) May 19, 2016
WICB stop Sunil from playing super 50 and now they pick him. ??
— Chris Gayle (@henrygayle) May 19, 2016
If @KieronPollard55 was fit he would’ve play the B Bash just like the rest of us!! https://t.co/Sjlt1VPjmA
— Chris Gayle (@henrygayle) May 19, 2016
Joke of the day: WI selectors?
One minute Pollard & Narine were not good enough & now are perfect for Tri Nation series? It’s like magic!— Dwayne DJ Bravo (@DJBravo47) May 19, 2016
One minute we have to be available for domestic super 50 to be selected and the next minute, it seems we don’t. Magic! Get serious people!
— Dwayne DJ Bravo (@DJBravo47) May 19, 2016
@KieronPollard55 great to see u back in odi team but tell me how did u qualify for selection having not played the super50 or ODI since 2014
— Darren Sammy (@darrensammy88) May 19, 2016
Here is how Kieron Pollard reacted to the tweets of the trio:
Bingo or I should say Pingo.. Numbers shuffled and up popped P55..!! Or should I lucky days!! Check QPCC stats.. ? https://t.co/yERklQZ1BG
— Kieron Pollard (@KieronPollard55) May 19, 2016
List of the squad selected to Tri-series:
Jason Holder (capt), Jerome Taylor, Darren Bravo, Shannon Gabriel, Marlon Samuels, Sulieman Benn, Johnson Charles, Denesh Ramdin, Carlos Brathwaite, Ashley Nurse, Andre Fletcher, Jonathan Carter, Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine.