{"id":14449,"date":"2023-11-29T19:06:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T19:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=14449"},"modified":"2023-11-29T19:06:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T19:06:18","slug":"trinidad-and-tobago-cricket-board-expresses-concern-over-bravos-omission-from-west-indies-odi-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/trinidad-and-tobago-cricket-board-expresses-concern-over-bravos-omission-from-west-indies-odi-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board Expresses Concern Over Bravo&#8217;s Omission from West Indies ODI Squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) has raised concerns over the exclusion of Red Force captain Darren Bravo from the West Indies One-Day International (ODI) squad set to face England. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The TTCB is urging Cricket West Indies (CWI) lead selector Desmond Haynes to provide a comprehensive explanation of the criteria used in selecting the regional team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Darren Bravo, who had an outstanding Super50 season, leading the Red Force to a record-breaking win in the regional tournament, was left out of the West Indies ODI squad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bravo emerged as the highest run-scorer in the Super50 series, winning the Golden Bat with 416 runs, including a high score of 139 not out and an impressive average of 83.2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The TTCB General Secretary, Altaf Baksh, expressed uncertainty about the rationale behind Bravo&#8217;s omission, especially considering his exceptional performance in the recent tournament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baksh called for transparency in the selection process and criticized Haynes&#8217; explanation that CWI is investing in players with an eye on the 2027 50-over World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bravo&#8217;s exclusion has led to his announcement on social media that he is stepping away from the game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The TTCB emphasized the importance of recognizing and rewarding top performers to encourage and support regional talent rather than discouraging it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) has raised concerns over the exclusion of Red Force captain Darren Bravo from the West Indies One-Day International (ODI) squad set to face&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14451,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14449\/revisions\/14451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}