Star players were stirred by retirement :
In the last few weeks, many star players have announced retirement. The newest name in this is that of West Indies explosive batsman Nicholas Puran. Nicholas Puran surprised everyone except international cricket at the age of just 29 years. In such a situation, now former West Indies captain and current head coach Darren Sammy has expressed deep concern about Nicholas Puran’s sudden retirement from international cricket. Sammy believes that this incident highlights a major challenge to West Indies cricket.
Darren Sammy’s shocking claim
Puran is the highest run -scorer in the West Indies T20 International, he never played Test cricket and his last ODI innings was played two years ago. His decision is also shocking because the T20 World Cup is to be played after just eight months. Franchise cricket is believed to be the biggest reason behind his decision. He is one of the highest grossing players from franchise cricket. In such a situation, Darren Sammy believes that in the coming time, more players can follow this path and leave international cricket at an early age.
Sammy said on the retirement of Puran after the West Indies ‘sixth consecutive defeat on the England tour,’ My inner voice was saying that something like this would happen. I ideally I would like to keep such talent in the team. But I cannot control anyone’s career. I greeted him, he greeted the team. Now an attempt is being made to move forward on the strategy without Nicholas Puran. The World Cup is coming, I respect the fact that he told us long ago so that we had more time to plan without it.
More players will retire…
Sammy also speculated that more players can retire quickly due to the increasing trend of T20 cricket and attraction of the franchise league. He gave the example of players like Heinrich Klassen and Quinton de Kock of South Africa, who have taken this decision at an early age. Sammy said, ‘I am sure that more players will move forward in this direction. You have seen that everyone is talking about Heinrich Klassen, Quinton Dickock, these players who have retired. It is out of our control.