Sharjah: West Indies Skipper Kieron Pollard said they would resist the temptation to add Narine Sunil to their T20 World Cup squad despite spinning noble form in the ongoing IPL, where he played a key role in Knight-2 driver Kolkata reached the qualification.
The 33-year-old Narine reminded her vintage past fans with her four goal haul and had an impact on the Eliminator against the Bangalore Royal Challengers on Monday.
He has taken 11 numbers in eight IPL matches since the league coming back in the UAE.
He became a goal-less against Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad and in the previous match against RCB but took three Wicket in the two defeat of the Chennai Super Kings team.
However, he has not played international cricket since August 2019, forced the West Hindions defense champion to ignore him while announcing their World Cup squad with fitness reasons.
The ICC time limit to make changes to the squad ends on Friday.
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Despite the absence of Ben Stokes.
But not far behind is India Virat Kohli Pollard told Espncricinfo.
“Let’s deal with fifteen people we have here at this time, more importantly, and see if we can join around these people and see if we can defend our title.” I have no comments about it.
Sufficiently said about that.
I think people have explained the reasons for non-inclusion at this time.
For me personally, I know Sunil Narine as my first friend, before a cricketer international.
We grow playing cricket together.
He is a world-class Cricketer.
“Pollard even though he wants to have a fast bolster bowling and Russell in their troops.
Cricketer sturdy, not part of the Squad WI, hasn’t played the IPL game since September 26 because of an injury.
There is nothing that could be said about Russell until he joined the West Indies camp.
“Before I make whatever assumption he can or he can’t do, we need to assess first as a team,” Pollard said.
“Not yet had the chance to see it.
We have reported about what he has done.
I don’t want to try to say what he can or can’t do at this time.
“He’s a critical person for our team and we will be happy for him 100%, but we have to deal with what’s in front of us.”