‘Remember who’s winning international tournaments’ – Daren Sammy aims cheeky dig towards India amid ICC title drought

Darren Sammy and Indian Cricket Team. (Photo Source: Alex Davidson-ICC/ICC via Getty Images and RANDY BROOKS/AFP via Getty Images)

It is quite clear that the Indian team has been struggling to get their hands on an ICC title for quite a few years now. Former captain MS Dhoni led the side to Champions Trophy triumph in 2013, but ever since then, any ICC title has eluded team India.

Despite regularly producing some of the best talents in world cricket, India have not been able to win a major title. Seeing the side’s drought for an ICC title, head coach of the West Indies, Daren Sammy, took a cheeky dig at the side for their failure to win a big title.

Sammy heaped massive praise on India’s youngsters and opined that despite India producing some of the best talents, it is important to remember who is winning the international tournaments at the end of the day.

“When you the see the players they’ve been able to produce, Hardik Pandya, (Yashasvi) Jaiswal all the guys they produced over the years but you must also remember who’s winning the international tournaments,” Daren Sammy told journalist Vimal Kumar in a video on the latter’s YouTube channel.

“Like I said, Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Sanju Samson who didn’t play, he’s been performing. Hardik Pandya who’s young but he is seasoned in the team. Again, it speaks of the system they have that keeps producing these youngsters,” Sammy added.

That comes from the standard of First Class: Sammy

Furthermore, Sammy was all praises for youngster Yashasvi Jaiswal, who recently made his debut for India and impressed in his first ever international outing. Sammy stated that Jaiswal looked like he belonged on the biggest stage, and that comes from the standard of first-class cricket.

“Jaiswal has 1800 runs in first-class cricket in nine matches, nine hundreds, and then he comes to Dominica in his debut game, and he looks like he belonged at the international level. That comes from the standard of first-class cricket in India that is allowing the youngsters, when they come in, to be ready for international cricket,” Sammy said.