3 months ago
1
Mumbai
The strategy of pre-seedings has travel successful for wide disapproval with each the radical toppers astatine the Men’s T20 World Cup having been clubbed unneurotic successful the aforesaid Super Eights group.
While doing his champion to dead-bat the issue, Daren Sammy, the West Indies caput coach, sounded empathetic with the organisers taking logistics into consideration.
“In sports, you seldom get the apical teams successful the aforesaid round. My squad knows they conscionable person to play (in) a World Cup. We person got Zimbabwe tomorrow, we person got South Africa and past India,” Sammy said astatine the Wankhede Stadium connected Sunday, up of its Super Eight opener against giant-killer Zimbabwe connected Monday.
“We person got finalists of the past World Cup (in the aforesaid group). If you are going to win, you person got to play what’s successful beforehand of you. Not instrumentality it for granted, not instrumentality anybody lightly.
West Indies manager Darren Sammy during a signifier league astatine ICC T20 World Cup 2026 | Photo Credit: X@ICC
“If you commencement to bring successful different factors, it takes you off-track connected your focus. For us, our absorption is Zimbabwe time and (to) bash everything successful our powerfulness to travel retired victorious.”
When asked whether the International Cricket Council (ICC) should reconsider pre-seedings successful bid to debar apical teams successful the aforesaid radical successful future, Sammy said: “If you instrumentality the logistics that comes into it, trying to springiness the fans who astir apt travel, an accidental to program ahead,” Sammy said.
“I americium beauteous definite Zimbabwe looking astatine that radical determination gave them information and inspiration to travel retired and play the mode they played. But I bash recognize from the logistics standpoint. Trying to springiness the fans the surety. That’s not my happening (to decide).”
