Dwayne Bravo
File photo of Dwayne Bravo.
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West Indies players are mulling a strike over the new pay structure that could hit the first ODI against India in Kochi on Wednesday. The match in Kochi is the first of five ODIs and a T20 followed by three Tests. West Indies had also skipped the scheduled training session on Tuesday as well as the media briefing without giving any reason.
The West Indies Players Association (WIPA) and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) had signed a new agreement in September covering pay and conditions but all-rounder Dwayne Bravo said players were kept in the dark about the talks and would not accept the outcome.
"We believe we are being hoodwinked and are being treated like little school boys, yet we are being asked to perform and play as professionals," Bravo wrote in a letter to WIPA president Wavell Hinds published by the Caribbean website Wired868.com.
"The players are of the view that as a matter of principle, we should not accept these conditions whereby we are being asked to play a series against India without any certainty of what are our obligations and what we will be playing for."
"We wish to make it very clear that should the players be forced to take matters into their our own hands, we will not hesitate to take the appropriate action as see fit. We will hold you and the WIPA Board who support this process liable."
(With Inputs from Reuters)
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