Chris GayleWest Indies skipper Jason Holder on Monday lauded star batsmen Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels for making themselves accessible for the forthcoming 2019 World Cup qualifying competition in Zimbabwe.
The two-time World Cup victors neglected to naturally reach one year from now's competition in England and Wales subsequent to slipping outside the main eight on the planet one-day worldwide rankings, abandoning them to battle it out with cricket's lesser names for one of the last two spots.
The 26-year-old Holder has encountered combine Gayle and Samuels available to him, in spite of the choices of other key players Darren Bravo, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell and Kieron Pollard to avoid the qualifiers to play in the lucrative Pakistan T20 Super League.
"I should laud Chris and Marlon, who have come here with the inspiration to do well for the Windies and allow themselves to play a different universe Cup," said Holder in front of his group's first Group A diversion against the United Arab Emirates on March 6.
"We have an all around adjusted side, quality favor understanding. Ideally, we could gel together and get things going in this competition.