Legendary West Indies cricketer Ramnaresh Sarwan is scared that the rise of T20 cricket in the United States would lead to many Windies cricketers jumping ships and shifting to the USA for opportunities and this is even worse for the Test cricket in their country which is already depleting. Their first-class teams play as little as five games per season, which Sarwan thinks should be increased to at least 10.
Sarwan on players going to US
Sarwan believes that Test cricket is at a very low point in their country as people are showing much more interest in the shortest format of the game. He also highlighted the problem with the facilities in their region.
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"Yeah well Test cricket is at a very low point to be honest. Among the games that we are playing again in the Caribbean, I don't think it's sufficient to develop our players but I also think there is this major threat of T20 cricket where a lot of people are showing interest in the shortest format. I think one of the biggest challenges we've had is facilities in the region. I think the cricket board has been working on it. So we'll see what happens," Sarwan told PTI.
"I think having T20 format in the US which is so close to the Caribbean with so many players of course they would have the opportunity now to participate in the short format of the game in the US. So you might find a lot of people jumping ship in terms of coming to the US and start participating in T20 and of course try and see if they could find a way in terms of becoming legal in the US and then start hopefully pushing the play in the US," he added.
West Indies out of T20 World Cup 2024
West Indies' campaign in the ongoing edition of the T20 World Cup 2024 came to an end with their loses against South Africa and England in the Super 8 stage. They were one of the favorites to finish in the top four of the mega tournament but they just fell short right before it.
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