Dwayne Bravo praises teammates while cricketers in Trinidad help out in the community

BY KAYLA KARIM

As the delays and postponements for games across the globe continue, many players are reminiscing on past events while thinking about what could have been, including Dwayne Bravo. Bravo said that the West Indies’ current T201 team is better than the one that won the World T20 four years ago in India. The all-rounder said that he was thrilled at the depth of batting resources available to the West Indies side.

“I’m just in awe of our batting line-up, and I said to the guys, I said listen, I think this team is actually better than our World-Cup-winning team, and that is no joke, because at the end of the day, you have batting all the way down to No. 10.

“And imagine, Sunil Narine is not even in the team as yet. So just imagine, when Sunil comes into the team, Sunil will be batting at No. 10, or No. 11. He’s an opening batsman now in T20.

“So just imagine a full-strength West Indies team, everyone is on deck. As a bowler, you get Evin Lewis out, [Shimron] Hetmyer comes in. You get Hetmyer out, [Nicholas] Pooran comes in, you get Lendl Simmons out, [Andre] Russell comes in, you get Russell out, [Kieron] Pollard comes in, you get Pollard out, Rovman Powell comes in, and it keeps going, going, and then you reach the champion DJ Bravo.

“It’s an intimidating team, it’s a team to intimidate the opposition, and that excites me. So I will just do my part as a bowler, try to control the back end of the innings, especially closing off the innings with death bowling, which has been, in the past, a bit of a concern for us. You saw how Oshane Thomas did with his pace in Sri Lanka. Then you have Sheldon Cottrell, now a leader of the attack, Kesrick Williams on the bench, so things starting to look bright again, things starting to look good again.”

While praising the astonishing team, Bravo also mentioned that West Indies also has the leadership to dominate starting with captain Kieron Pollard. Pollard “loves to win” Bravo said, “That’s the most important thing, and as a captain, he’ll do anything to win, in the right way and the right spirit, and he’s very determined to win, to make a difference”.

Meanwhile, captain Kieron Pollard is staying in and helping the community. He joined forces with other cricketers such as Dwayne Bravo, Darren Bravo, Lendl Simmons and Sunil Narine helped to distribute hampers that were put together by Trinbago Knightriders and HADCO. TKR players and support staff will now personally distribute the packages to various areas across the country, according to a release from the team.