Can't take a quality side like England for granted: Sammy

West Indies skipper Darren Sammy today made it clear that they "can't take England for granted" in the opening group league fixture of the ICC World T20.
"I don't like term anyone 'dark horses'. Normally, we (West Indies) have been called 'dark horses', they (England) are a good side. We respect every side in the competition. We have seen that T20 has narrowed the gulf between teams," Sammy said at the pre-match press conference.
"They (Engaland) have some guys who have evolved over last 12 months - (Jos) Butler, Ben Strokes. All these guys, in the middle with their captain Eoin Morgan, they have good players. So we will not take them for granted," said Sammy.

Sammy said that more than opposition, focus of the team will be on their own game.
"But, we normally focus on what we do and we know if we could do then we are going to be victorious," he quipped.
After losing the first warm up game against India, West Indies defeated might Australia in a keenly contested game in Kolkata.

According to Sammy, both the sides know what are the things needed to emerge victorious.
"England are a good side and they are playing good cricket at the moment. They will come and look to adjust to the conditions. We have to calm under pressure. Both sides knows what it takes to win a match," he added.

On missing players like Sunil Narain and Kieron Pollard, the 32-year-old player said,"It is always difficult to replace someone like (Sunil) Narine, (Kieron) Pollard, who had so much experience here.
"Lendl Simmons played here for Mumbai in last two or three seasons, always difficult to replace quality players and their experience. But we have players who can also have the same impact like them. If you look at Carlos (Brathwaite), (Johnson) Charles, (Evin) Lewis, (Ashley) Nurse, they bring a different variety which can be successful in our line up. Yes we will miss them but that gives an opportunity for others to step up and play."

West Indies have one of the fiercest openers in the shortest format of the game Chris Gayle and on this Sammy says,"It is up to us to set up the innings very well and we have the most destructive batsman in the world in Chris (Gayle). There is never too much pressure on Chris. We know that Chris is a massive figure.
"But when you look at the dressing room we have Bravo, Russell, Carlos, that's a lot of power. The key for us is that each player, must go and do their person role in the team and be responsible and not leaving it or anyone else. The batting must have impact on that day.