West Indies is the Team to watch this ICC T20

After having been in the rut, close to 3 decades, West Indies, have finally started to believe in themselves and are the most capable of teams to lift the World Cup T20 2012 in Colombo.

Given the nature of Srilankan pitches and weather, I am sure they can beat anyone on any given day. The ball will not come onto the bat as the torunament progresses and spinners and slow blowers will rule the roost

The credit for having brought the team to this level goes to the coach Gibson and the skipper Darren Sammy. To me, Sammy is a kind of Mike Brearly of England - He was in the team as a captain and he would bat anywhere in the playing XI. Darren Sammy is very close to that - He is in the team, not in the original capacity as an allrounder, but, more to do with his leadership skills. I really salute the way he tackled India in Indian conditions, in more than 1 match where he got defeated from the jaws of victory.

 

Coming back to the squad that were selected, This is one team which is also stacked with all-rounders - Gayle, Samuels, Pollard, Dwayne Bravo, Russell, Sammy and the batting order looks very strong and formidable for them -

Chris Gayle

D.Smith

M.Samuels

Darren Bravo

Dwayne Bravo

Pollard

The bowling has been packed with spinners and Sunil Narine is the player to watch.  I wont be surprised if he is asked to bowl the 1st over. 

Spinners

Naraine

Samuels

Gayle

Medium Pacers

It is the medium bowlers who will take lot of middle order batsman wickets, since the ball will not come onto the bat.

Pollard

Bravo

Sammy

Fast Bowlers

RamPaul

Edwards

They will meet Australia and Ireland in their Group and it should be cake-walk for them. On paper, it looks the most destructive team. 

My playing XI will be as follows

Gayle, Smith, Samuels, Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo, Pollard, Russel, Edwards, Ramdin, Sammy, Naraine

All Sammy has to do is win the toss and elect to bat, the pitch will take care of the rest.