Chennai: West Indies coach Phil Simmons on Thursday reported cracks in the squad and destroyed the AllRounder claims Odean Smith became the victim before the fourth T20i against England.
Smith was a bowler that was not used during the second T20i and was replaced by Rovman Powell in the third T20.
Powell confirmed his choices by destroying 107 extraordinary balls from 53 balls, including 10 Sixes, who helped West Indies win with 20 runs and rose 2-1 in the five-match series.
“For me, that (Victimization) can’t happen when I’m here,” Simmons said at a press conference attended by Toi on Thursday.
“You don’t sacrifice anyone.
You don’t try to reduce anyone.
You’re trying to make a better player first of all, and a better Cricketer afterwards.
In my training career and even in my play career, you see it.
Help The man is next to you.
And that’s the one thing I preach on this team, and on all the teams that I deal with.
So, there is no such thing as a victimization here and it will not be there all this time I am around, “he rejected the accusation .
Simmons added that Odean did not find a place in XI for the third T20i because he did not match the combination of teams.
“I think you will walk along the wrong line with this.
We need to stop the ignorance we will do.
We sat down and we saw the best team for that day.
And if the Odean was not on the best team for that day, it was because we thought that Rovman More suitable for yesterday.
“Everyone who wants to preach about victimization, they need to find in themselves.
There were no casualties in the selection process in West Indies cricket.
We have to start staying away from it and let the people who drive the head know that it doesn’t happen here, “Simmons stressed.
For the record, Powell became only the third West India to print the T20i century after Evin Lewis and Chris Gayle.
Simmons are all Praise for Powell.
“I thought it was a brilliant innings from the start.
The way he judged the situation at first was something we had discussed as a group and I was waiting for someone who did it in the match and he did it, “Simmons concluded.
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