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West Indies coach Daren Sammy believes Nicholas Pooran's shock retirement from international cricket underlines his challenge to "keep our players motivated to play for the crest", even as he predicts that more players will follow Pooran's lead.
Pooran announced his decision to quit the international game on Monday, at the age of just 29. He never played a Test, and his last ODI was two years ago.
But Pooran is West Indies' all-time leading run-scorer in T20Is, and the timing of his retirement - eight months before a T20 World Cup - came as a surprise to many, not least because he is already a top earner in the franchise circuit.
