Disappointed at crashing out of the T20 World Cup with only one win from 5 matches, West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard on Saturday admitted that it’s the “end of a generation” for the Caribbeans and they should begin from the scratch to construct a world beating aspect.
With the defeat within the swansong sport for Dwyane Bravo and doubtless additionally for Chris Gayle, West Indies are prone to miss out on direct qualification for subsequent yr’s World Cup. They will drop out of top-8 after Saturday’s defeat.
“Overall it’s been a disappointing campaign. In terms of the batting we have not done well at all. Our bowling has been decent but not good enough. It’s the end of a generation, we have some guys who have done good things for T20 cricket in our team and around the world,” Pollard mentioned on the post-match presentation.
“We as people are very proud. We have to look at the way we play T20 cricket. What we’ve seen is that one guy in the top four has to bat as long as possible. Going forward need to do that better. We have to start from a foundation now,” Pollard mentioned on the post-match press convention.”
Australia’s David Warner additionally paid his tribute to retiring duo of Dwayne Bravo and Chris Gayle, saying they’ve set benchmark for future technology. “DJ (Bravo) has been a benchmark for all players coming through, and Chris, he’s someone I look up to.”
Will proceed to play franchise cricket for some years, if my physique holds: Bravo
Meanwhile, Bravo says he intends to play franchise cricket for some extra years if his physique permits and insisted that point was proper to lastly name time on his worldwide profession and let the youthful gamers take West Indies cricket ahead.
Bravo, 38, performed his swansong sport as West Indies exited the T20 World Cup following an eight wicket defeat towards Australia.
He got here out of retirement in 2019 to assist West Indies defend their T20 title but it surely couldn’t occur as they may handle to win solely certainly one of their 5 Super 12 video games.
“I will continue playing franchise cricket for a few more years as long as my body will allow me to,” Bravo, who performed for West Indies for 18 years, mentioned throughout the post-match press convention.
