Samuels, who top-scored for West Indies in the 2012 and 2016 T20 World Cup finals, last played international cricket in 2018 and announced his retirement in November 2020 with over 11,000 international runs across all formats. . He was no stranger to controversy during his career, the low point of which was his two-year suspension after being found guilty, in May 2008, of “receiving money, benefit or other reward that could put him or the cricket game in disrepute”.