Daren Sammy holds poor on-field tactics responsible for West Indies' WC debacle

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In a shocking turn of events, two-time World Champions West Indies exited dramatically from the group stage of the ongoing T20 World Cup in Australia. The Men in Maroon were handed crushing defeats by Scotland and Ireland, leading to their early departure. 

Legendary former captain Daren Sammy has held tactical shortcomings accountable for the West Indies' World Cup debacle. 

Sammy, who has led the West Indies to two World Cup titles, opined that the Caribbean men lacked the motivation they needed to succeed in the showpiece event. 

He also figured out some bizarre on-field calls, which proved to be the difference between West Indies and their counterparts in the group-stage encounters.  

Here's what Sammy commented

"I thought as a team we were quite poor tactically and the problem wasn’t the calibre of players as we had enough talent to play much better. The team lacked inspiration, they lacked motivation and tactically we were not on song,

"When you look at a wicket and you have Jason Holder who is six-foot-eight (inches) and you have Alzarri Joseph who is bowling well and you keep opening the bowling with Kyle Mayers. You have got to win the Powerplays both with the bat and the ball, and we found ourselves losing the Powerplays and having to bring the bowlers back on to try and bring us back into the game, and it was the same with the bat."

Sammy is spot on with his analysis, as opening the bowling with Kyle Mayers resulted in West Indies' ordinary bowling performance in the powerplay. They were also mediocre on the batting front, as losing too many wickets in the first six overs didn't help their cause against Scotland and Ireland. 

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