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Two times T20 World Cup winner Darren Sammy picks his team for T20 WC 2021

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Former West Indies skipper Darren Sammy has predicted that defending champions West Indies will go all the way to the men’s T20 World Cup trophy. He also said that the team which tops from Group 1, where West Indies are placed in, will get to the final.

“It’s a no brainer for me — West Indies all the way,” declared Sammy in an ICC Digital Show.

He explained, “When you look at West Indies, and people might say I’m sounding biased, but in the last four (three) tournaments we’ve managed to get to the final four, winning two out of that. Our players, the calibre of players we have — when you look at captain Pollard, he’s back, the Universe Boss Chris Gayle, Andre Russell, Jason Holder, Fabian Allen, Evin Lewis, I could go on a long list of guys who can just take the attack to you.”

The 37-year-old Sammy was the winning captain of West Indies title triumphs in 2012 and 2016. He went on to say that England players adjust to the conditions quite well and expects them along with West Indies to enter the semifinals from a super competitive Group 1.

“When you look at England, who have been playing some excellent T20 cricket — finalists in the last one (Men’s T20 World Cup) in 2016, they won it in the Caribbean. To me what that says, two venues where the pitches are similar — India and the Caribbean — they’ve won and they’ve got to the final, so their players adjust to the conditions quite well,” said Sammy.

He added that Australia, who are yet to win a men’s T20 World Cup, will be itching to go the distance. “You look at Australia who have not gotten their hands on this silverware, they’ll be desperate to get it. The calibre of players they have — so many players who play in the IPL — who understand the conditions.”

Sammy also felt that the hard-hitting Russell might not have the most runs in the tournament. “Someone batting in the top three should get the most runs. You speak of someone like a Virat Kohli. But getting the most runs doesn’t necessarily mean that your team wins the tournament. I’m more interested in who is going to be the ‘Player of the Tournament’. Somebody like an Andre Russell, who bowls and bats and comes in at crucial times, will come out with that title.”

He also signalled that Sri Lanka and Ireland will be the two teams to progress from Group A to the Super 12 stage citing experience.

The men’s T20 World Cup will be held between October 17 and November 14 in Oman and UAE. The Super 12 stage of the showpiece event will start from October 23.

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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