Sammy was extremely disappointed with his team’s performance throughout the ODI series

West Indies captain Darren Sammy has announced that he is still extremely disappointed about the outcome of the national team’s tour to Bangladesh, despite winning the two-Test series 2-0 and the one-off Twenty20 International.

Sammy believes the West Indies underestimated Bangladesh throughout the ODI series, which was fatal as the hosts ended up upsetting the visitors 3-2.

“We won the same amount of series as we did last year so we haven’t achieved what we set out to do,” Sammy said. “Bangladesh played really well, especially in the ODIs. We are disappointed losing the ODI series.”

However, Sammy was pleased with the one-off Twenty20 victory and praised all-rounder Marlon Samuels for his stellar innings of 85 off 43 balls and added that it reminded him of the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20 final against Sri Lanka where Samuels produced a similar showcase, smashing 78 runs to help the West Indies win their first major title since the 1979 World Cup.

“The way Marlon was playing that innings, it surely reminded me the game against Sri Lanka,” Sammy said. “This was our first game after the victory and we won. We won, that’s all we had to do.

“We have guys who can be match-winners for us every day. It is good to see Marlon do well after two years out of international cricket. He has been brilliant for us.”

Bangladesh started their chase of 198 in quick fashion, but soon enough they faltered and lost wickets at regular intervals.

“We expected them to come hard at us,” Sammy added. “You have to go hard all the time when the run-rate is ten an over. Although they only lost one wicket, they were short by 18 runs. I wanted to win and end the year in a good note.”

Chris Gayle’s 166 across all three formats in the entire series was a major talking point and Sammy noted that Bangladesh did an excellent job in constraining him.

Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim was amazed his bowlers had been able to keep the big Jamaican at bay throughout the entire series and branded it as a “big achievement”.

“They managed to keep Gayle quiet throughout the series, something that not many teams have done in his career,” Sammy said. “They executed well against him. Every player goes out there to do their best. I know because I try and it doesn’t happen all the time. It is up to the individual to go back and think about his game. Chris will come back as he is a world-class player.”