WEST Indies bowling legend Curtly Ambrose believes the team is an excellent position to claim the World T20 title based on the glut of talent available.Few T20 Leagues around the world could afford to have the likes of stars Chris Gayle, Andre Russell, Dwayne Smith and Dwayne Bravo in the same squad, but it is the embarrassment of riches so to speak that the regional team will have at its disposal next month.
“Look at the team that we have, half of the team are in demand across the world for different T20 leagues. So you may find one guy here, maybe two in this league and two in another league but we have all at once so we have a great chance of winning this T20 tournament, just look at our squad,” Ambrose said.
The former player and current bowling coach, however, believes that a key component of success will rest on the shoulders of the senior players.
“The senior players, Marlon Samuel, Chris Gayle, Andre Russell, captain Darren Sammy and all the senior players have to lead from the front.
From my experience over the years, when the senior players – the guys that we expect to really take the mantle and take the team forward – are doing well, automatically the younger players will step up to the plate,” Ambrose added.
Samuels, Gayle, Sammy and Russell were all a part of the team’s successful triumph in T20, but it will be without the services of Sunil Narine and Kieron Pollard who withdrew from a named 15-man squad for separate reasons ahead of the tournament. (Sportsmax.com)