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World T20: Sammy dares Raina - Stop us from hitting all those sixes

West Indies captain Darren Sammy not impressed by India middle order star batsman Suresh Raina's 'sledge' ahead of Sunday's World T20 clash

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Suresh Raina (right) stretches during a practice session at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday. Pic/AFP

Suresh Raina (right) stretches during a practice session at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday. Pic/AFP

Mirpur: Ironies are never lost on cricketers. On Saturday, there was another when India batsman Suresh Raina reckoned that the West Indies, who his team face at the ICC World T20 today, don't rotate the strike. Why is this an irony? It's because India are often accused of the same cricketing 'sin'.

Suresh Raina (right) stretches during a practice session at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday. Pic/AFP
Suresh Raina (right) stretches during a practice session at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday. Pic/AFP 

"West Indies will be a totally different team as they have a lot of players who can hit sixes but they don't have an idea about how to rotate the strike against spinners by taking singles and twos," is what Raina told journalists on Saturday.

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