Ahead of the second Test against India starting here on Friday, the West Indies find themselves under pressure for both on and off-field reasons.
In their crushing defeat by an innings and 140 runs in Ahmedabad, the West Indies failed to cross 200 in either innings, which collectively lasted just 89.2 overs.
That led to batting legend Brian Lara publicly questioning the current team’s hunger to represent the Caribbean and expressing pain over the decline of a side he once led with distinction.
Skipper Roston Chase, who cut a sad and embarrassing figure after the loss in Ahmedabad, believes the solution lies in getting good starts and kicking it on to be in their batting returns. For a team low on confidence and facing global scrutiny, this simple advice from Chase offers a chance to reset and challenge the formidable Indian team.
“I don’t think the guys are lacking confidence. But it’s just to get that one score, to get that start, to then kick on from there — I just think once you get that good innings or that hundred or that big fifty, that then gives you the confidence to know that I can actually do it.
But I think everyone is confident and when you get out there, and you don’t start well as a batting unit and the pressure is on — it’s for us to soak up that pressure as batters, and still find a way to score and put back the pressure on to the Indian bowlers. So, I just think that is the biggest challenge for us. I don’t think that we’re not confident. I just think that we just need to get that start and kick on and we’ll be fine,” said Chase.
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