“I’ll try my best to lead from the front,” Pooran said at a virtual press conference on Friday. “I want to talk the talk and walk the walk.
“I’m very instinctive. On the field, I like to make decisions on how I feel. My team-mates know I’m very instinctive when I’m batting as well. As a captain, I want to approach it in the same way.
“[I want to] live in the present, try to be the best version of myself, try to be the best leader I can be. It’s as simple as that.”
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Pooran said that the tours would ensure younger players are given opportunities but downplayed the idea that playing the Netherlands – who have only one of their county-contracted players available this week – represented an ideal introduction to the full-time role.
“I wouldn’t say there’s a right time,” he said. “We want to win games, it doesn’t matter who the opposition is. We’re not looking at it like that. The time is now and that’s all we need to focus on.
“Everyone deserves an opportunity at some point in their career and it’s really good that the younger players are getting an opportunity now. It’s a good opportunity for them to showcase their talent and try to grab a spot in the team.
“It has been good. I think a lot of guys are happy in terms of it being free here and Amsterdam is a beautiful place. We’re looking forward to the opportunity to play some cricket and feed off each other.”
Availability has been a constant concern for West Indies in the era of franchise leagues and the management of freelance players could be a defining trait of Pooran’s reign.
“What Sunil wants, I’m in no control of that,” he said. “But that’s a conversation between him and the selectors – what his aspirations are when it comes to West Indies cricket.
“The end goal is to win cricket games and to win tournaments. But obviously there is a process behind that. It’s a new time for us. I believe that we have a lot of talented players with us here but we need to really work hard and come up with the goods.”
Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. @mroller98
Source: ESPN Crickinfo