CWI's Bascombe: We've reached out to Pooran for T20 W/Cup
ST JOHN’S, Antigua : In an effort to assemble their best possible team for next month’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, Cricket West Indies (CWI) have reached out to Nicholas Pooran to find out whether he is interested in making a comeback.However, according to Director of Cricket, Miles Bascombe, it does not appear as though the 29-year-old T20 star is contemplating coming out of retirement to take part in the global showpiece.
Pooran shocked the world when he announced his retirement from international cricket last June and has since been plying his trade in the various T20 franchises across the globe.“I could definitely say that we have probed. Pooran was quite aware that the World Cup was upcoming and his decision to retire would have been with that knowledge,” Bascombe said while speaking on WESN TV on Saturday.“So, we probed and we saw that he mentioned not too long ago that he was quite happy to stick to his decision, so I could say that we probed.”
When asked if CWI had enquired whether West Indies legends Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard or Andre Russell were interested in being part of the team’s management unit for the World Cup, Bascombe said they had.He revealed that a packed schedule was one of the reasons they had been given for not being able to make such a commitment.