Former West Indies captain, Darren Sammy is fostering the idea of a mentorship role with the Caribbean side for the upcoming International Cricket Council’s T20 World Cup.
The 36-year-old, who led the maroon men to two titles in the format, was on the fence when quizzed on an ESPN Cricinfo’s live chat with Carlos Brathwaite and Alexis Nunes about taking up a coaching role with the side in the immediate future but was more in favour of taking up a mentorship role.
“Hey, maybe, no, yes, I don’t know, but I think where, especially for the World Cup, I think as a mentor, you know someone who has done it in two different World Cups, you know just being there,” Sammy said.
The Peshawar Zalmi head coach contended that he actually had a revelation of seeing West Indies to their third title in Australia later this year.
“I told Phil [Simmons] before all of this was happening, I had a vision of Phil, myself and all the senior players were reunited in Australia and we won the World Cup and you can ask [Kieron] Pollard, [Dwayne] Bravo and Chris Gayle I shared that vision with them,” he said.
Sammy added, “Maybe I’m down there but not in a playing role if you understand, maybe somewhere in a mentorship role where we could breakdown T20 cricket with all the experienced guys we have, maybe I see that who knows? You know, you never know.”
Sammy has 308 T20s under his belt and has produced 3876 runs at a strike rate of 139.4 while taking 159 wickets. The all-rounder has also led Zalmi to Pakistan Super League glory in 2017 while also taking up the leadership role for St. Lucia Zouks in the Caribbean Premier League as well as Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League.
