West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has opted to come out of T20I retirement. The 36-year-old, who retired from all formats of the international game in October last year, has stated that his u-turn was down to changes at the administration level in the West Indies Cricket Board, reports Reuters.
"I know there will be talks whether I will play Test Cricket again or ODI cricket again, it's a No," Bravo told reporters in Chennai. "I want to fully commit myself to play T20 International again for West Indies. It's been something on my mind for a while. Due to the changes in the administration level, the coach, captain, I think it's a good time for me to come back and give back and continue my dream of representing West Indies as long as possible. I'm still fit, I can still contribute in the shortest format of the game, I'm very driven and excited with the young talent in West Indies cricket.
"We have the perfect opportunity collectively as a nation, as players, as directors that everyone sing the same song. I want to thank my fans, my family and people who are reallly close to me, everyone has been supportive. I still have a lot to offer. This is a game I love." "I'm not confident that I should get picked, I will take step by step. First of all I would like to get picked for the first series, World T20 is all the way down in October, there are 19-20 games before that," he said.
"The World T20 is not the main reason why I'm coming back. There is so much talent in West Indies cricket, if managed properly and with right players round, we can become the most dominant team like we once were a few years ago. "Our focus now is to improve the T20I rankings and I think I can only enhance what is already there. There are so many talented guys under the leadership of Pollard, Jason Holder, Simmons is back, Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, you throw in Andre Russell, Sunil Narine along with Chris Gayle, put together with the right squad with everyone playing again, I think the cricketing world will start to watch West Indies again."