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CWI’s chief executive Johnny Grave has confirmed that Marlon Samuels, who was part of West Indies’ two T20 World Cup-winning squads, has retired from all forms of cricket. The all-rounder during his time had scored 11,134 international runs including 17 centuries and scalped 152 wickets.

Shane Warne feels that the big three of his era that included him, Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara made cricket more exciting and interesting with their battles on the 22 yards. He added that Sachin and Lara stood out among the rest and are two of the greatest batsmen to have played the game. 

Former West Indies skipper Daren Sammy has stated that India's Suresh Raina is the nicest cricketer that he has ever met. Sammy also said that the retirement of Dhoni and Raina on the same day shows the level of friendship between the two and the respect that Raina has for MS Dhoni.

Kesrick Williams has opined that Virat Kohli will be highly pumped up when the duo clash against each other the next time in international cricket. He also compared Rohit and Kohli’s batting, admitting that while Rohit is the shotgun kind of player, Kohli plans his innings inch perfectly.