Darren Sammy, Chris Gayle question Kieron Pollard over his selection in West Indies squad

Sammy, Gayle question Pollard over his selection in Windies squad

West Indies recently announced 14-man squad for the first four matches of the upcoming Tri Nation One-Day International Series that feature South Africa and Australia. Jason Holder, who has been leading the Caribbean side in the 50-over format for over year, will continue with his captaincy role. The series is scheduled to commence from June 3 and is expected to produce blistering contests. However, selection of players such as Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine has taken some Caribbean players by surprise. This includes West Indies’ T20 World Cup winning captain Darren Sammy and the marauder Chris Gayle. Given the way Sammy framed the players’ relationship with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), this was likely to happen.

Pollard last played an ODI for West Indies was in October 2014 against India. Since then, he has been dropped along with star all-rounder Bravo. Under Bravo’s captaincy, West Indies abandoned the tour as the players refused to play the remaining contests due to conflict with WICB.

As a matter of fact, Narine was banned from playing West Indies’ domestic tournament named ‘Super 50’ earlier this year, simply because ICC suspended him due to illegal bowling option. However, he will be itching to put up a commanding show yet again at the international level.