Brathwaite focuses on creating a new face for 2020 World T20

"If you perform well, you will be selected." – Brathwaite © AFP

Chris Gayle has been made unavailable for the T20I series selection in India to play in the T10 league. Evin Lewis retreated citing personal reasons, having previously denied a central contract to the board of directors. Dwayne Bravo was forgotten and soon after announced his international retirement. Sunil Narine, he has now emerged, was not in the plane for India because of an injury. As it stands, Windies also lost Andre Russell because of an unspecified injury – the confirmation was sent to him less than 24 hours after the opening match of the three-game series in Kolkata. These are well-known names of the Indian consumer of T20, and their absence has been mentioned more frequently in the preparation of this T20I series. As if, most of the 14 players present were here at the center of attention.

On Thursday, seven specialists from the T20I of the West Indies began their preparation at the Eden Gardens. They were joined by seven other players after a rather anti-climatic end of the previous ODI series, which took a positive turn midway. Under the direction of Carlos Brathwaite, this new Windies team has been tasked with wearing the world champion label won on the site itself, reversing its mediocre career in 2018 and maintaining its dominance over India. in the shortest format. After all, this is a format that the Windies have adopted much faster than most teams on the international scene.

Aside from Kieron Pollard and Brathwaite, most of the players on this team do not have that much power. "As those who raised the silverware in 2016 while they showed that they were the new winners of the match in preparation." Brathwaite, for its part, has made it clear that, even though the door is not completely closed, the Windies are simultaneously beginning to get closer to defending their title in the 2020 World Twenty20 by injecting youth into this group. transition. That accelerating the task of those who have attracted attention in CPL must be seen as a reward rather than an instinctive reaction to Windies' T20I diagram plunging this calendar year.

"We do not think the team has changed, just because we did not win [in 2018] As we can see with the Indian team, the stars of the IPL are chosen for their good I think that all the young players on our team deserved a selection with their performances in CPL message that if you perform well, you will be selected, "said Brathwaite on the eve of the first game of the T20I series at Eden Gardens .

"And as such, it also expands our pool of players before entering the Twenty20 World We played two tight matches against Bangladesh [in Miami] which resulted in two defeats and two losses, then we lost the series, but I do not think we played bad cricket and we had to gain ground, basically, I'm not saying guys who are not here are abandoned, plus a chance to give to young players on the occasion and reward them with a selection for their performance in CPL. "

The likes of Shimron Hetmyer, Fabian Allen, Thomas Oshane, and Obed McCoy were among the few who made the most Noise in the 2018 edition of the CPL, while the CWI breeders also highlighted Darren Bravo's formidable track record as a test specialist, with a national reminder after a four-year hiatus in the format, as if the wise was clear and clear: never too late to put on national colors again. Brathwaite stressed the need to evaluate not only the skill, but also the temperament of those who may eventually form the nucleus of the team to take to Australia in 2020.

"I think we've been lucky in the past to have Chris Gayles, Dwayne Bravos, Sunil Narines and all … But we've come to a stage where these guys have come to the end of their careers and we have to find somehow the next generation.On these next two tours (India and Bangladesh) – one to play in sub-continent conditions and two, the quality of the players that own these two teams – I think it's the perfect opportunity to see what these young guys are made of. Not only from the point of view of skills, but also of temperament, [also] see how they handle the test situations. [19659004] "So, I do not think it's a lot of knowing who st absent. It's more to see as a challenge. And the challenge is the young men who have just come out of the CPL and are thrown into the fray. Some will say even before being ready. But this is the perfect opportunity to play with the best players in the world, demonstrate their talent and temperament, and take up this challenge head-on.

"For me, it's a step before the 2020 World Cup. We want to create a brand of cricket that we want to play at home or abroad, and we hope to use all the series of Here to now to try to find the right balance.Before the 2020 World Cup in Australia. "

Despite all the talk about the future, the absence of their pillars and the The consequences that this may have on their prospects in India are not lost either for the skipper of Windies. Brathwaite insists that it is the hosts who start the series as favorites, yet he does not undermine the potential of his young team to create a bigger stir than what the ODI unit had done. last week. "We would like this to be read 8-2 after the T20I," he says quickly when he is reminded of Windies' one-on-one record, but also realizes that it's a difficult question even without Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni in the rankings. "Obviously, without Kohli and Dhoni [playing] any team has better chances," he chuckles before adding, "That being said, they have a lot of experience and quality. have already seen [Rahuland[Rishabh] Pant in the IPL [KL]so we know what they can do.We will not disrespect them or take them lightly, simply because that they miss them.

"India, whatever the format (are) very formidable. Especially with the advent of IPL and the number of T20 cricketers played by Indian superstars, I think they're definitely starting as favorites. Yes, we are not used to the tag underdogs but we will take it this time. But that's not something we're really ashamed of.

"We have a new team, a young exciting team, and our CPL stars are young and ready to leave, some of whom have had a glimpse of it in ODI and myself. much better than many people expected in the ODI format, we want to create an even bigger surprise in the T20s and win the trophy at the end of the series. "

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