Southampton, June 11 -- West Indies white-ball head coach Daren Sammy broke silence on star batter Nicholas Pooran's retirement from international cricket, saying that "more will follow in that direction" and his instincts told him that "something like that would happen".

Pooran's decision comes days after he requested Cricket West Indies not to consider him for their ongoing white-ball tour of England.

With over eight months left before the T20 World Cup 2026 kicks off in India and Sri Lanka, Pooran's decision serves as a massive setback for the 2016 winners. Since bursting onto the international scene in 2016, Pooran featured in 106 T20Is and 61 ODIs, garnering more than 4,258 runs across both formats.

He mustered up 2,275 in the sho...