Why were Pestano and Bramble not included in Windies “A” squads?

–asks Brandon Corlette

The West Indies “A” teams selected to play their India “A” counterparts next month include only four Guyana Jaguars players. This continues to leave missing pieces of the puzzle; since, although Guyana Jaguars are five-time Regional 4-Day champions, only few players from this franchise are given opportunity for “higher representation”.
Among the notable omissions from these WI “A” teams are Clinton Pestano and Anthony Bramble, the duo who had been inspirational in the recent Regional tournaments, whose inclusion in the “A” team tour would have been the perfect opening for a rise in their cricketing careers.
Bramble’s omission from both the One-Day and 4-Day teams is surprising, since he has ‘finished’ as the leading wicketkeeper/batsman for the past two seasons. The 28-year -old finished the 2018/19 season with 580 runs scored in 10 matches at a formidable average of 52.72, including two masterful centuries. His performance was not a one-time thing, because it was a follow-up from the 2017/18 season, wherein he dominated with the bat.
The hard-hitting Bramble, who strikes the ball with authority, had 613 runs in that season, and was simply the Caribbean’s best gloves man for successive years, ending with 49 dismissals in both seasons.
In the One-Day squad for the “A” tour, Bramble was pipped by Shane Dowrich and Devon Thomas as gloves men.
In the longer formats of the tour, Jahmar Hamilton and Shane Dowrich are the wicket-keepers. Dowrich has been the Test wicket-keeper and Hamilton has been on stand-by in the Test squads, while Thomas has been scoring for Leeward Islands. However, none of these wicket-keeper batsmen has ever outshone Bramble, who richly deserves an opportunity at this West Indies “A” level, especially in the One-Day squad.
Since making his debut in 2017/18, Pestano has immediately impacted the champion team, Guyana Jaguars; but he has been pipped for selection by Chemar Holder, a Barbadian fast bowler and former West Indies Under-19 paceman.
Pestano and Holder have each played a similar amount of First-Class matches; but
the 26-year-old Pestano had an impressive 2108/19 season, grabbing 22 wickets in seven matches, while Chemar Holder played only four matches in the recently concluded season, wherein he had seven wickets. Pestano also has a First-Class half-century, and is a more capable batsman.
In the One-Day squad, Akeem Jordan, who performed well for his Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) team, has been selected ahead of Pestano.
Since Guyana Jaguars are the dominant team consisting of championship players, the question to be asked is: Why were Bramble and Pestano not included?
Additionally, the likes of Gudakesh Motie and Veerasammy Permaul have been spinning webs in Regional tournaments, but have not been selected in any of these “A” squads that will play next month.
Topping off the surprise selections made for the West Indies “A” is Roston Chase being given an opportunity to captain while the Region’s best captain, Leon Johnson, who led Jaguars to all those title victories, has not been considered.
The selection continues to hurt these players from the winning Guyana Jaguars franchise, since the players are dominating their Regional counterparts.