The West Indies batsmen failed to fulfill expectations in each innings, scoring 150 and 130 runs and succumbing to the skillful bowling of Ravichandran Ashwin, who claimed a formidable haul of 12 wickets for 131 runs within the match.
On account of Ashwin’s outstanding efforts, India secured a convincing victory by an innings and 141 runs inside simply three days within the sequence opener on Friday.”We simply let ourselves down with the bat. First innings whole was simply not ok,” Brathwaite mentioned after the match.
Brathwaite was particularly essential of his personal efficiency, as he managed scores of solely 20 and seven whereas opening the batting within the two innings.
“…that I did not get any runs. As a pacesetter, I would like to steer from the entrance and get runs. Within the first innings, a couple of dismissals weren’t good for us. We misplaced a wicket earlier than lunch. We misplaced sure conditions,” he mentioned.
“Senior guys must cleared the path. (Batting towards champion bowlers) It’s powerful. It’s having the steadiness and taking part in the shot in the appropriate means, whether or not to defend or sweep.”
“I feel we did not execute the photographs we had been making an attempt. Even in the present day (Friday) we had some defensive dismissals. We now have to make use of the bat extra as a substitute of our pads.”
Brathwaite mentioned his choice to bat first after successful the toss was not a unsuitable one as they erred in execution.
“(Toss) Did not suppose it spun quite a bit early on,” he mentioned.
The West Indies skipper praised all-rounder Alick Athanze, who scored 47 and 28 moreover choosing up a wicket on his Take a look at debut.
“He (Athanze) had a superb begin. You may see that he belongs. Bowling, he needed to do a job as a result of we misplaced (Rahkeem) Cornwall for 4 hours. His future is vivid. Has a robust thoughts,” Brathwaite mentioned.
The deciding take a look at of the two-match sequence begins July 20 in Port of Spain.
