Hope said that while playing against a quality opposition like India, the Caribbeans needed to be ruthless, which they weren’t on Tuesday. The visitors were dismissed for 170 in 19.1 overs and India overhauled the total in 14.4 overs thanks to skipper Shreyas Iyer’s maiden T20I hundred.
West Indies captain Shai Hope says his side became a “bit chaotic” in pursuit of a big total in the first T20 International against India in Lucknow and its failure to read the conditions properly was the primary reason for the eight-wicket loss in the series-opener.
West Indies captain Shai Hope says his side became a “bit chaotic” in pursuit of a big total in the first T20 International against India in Lucknow and its failure to read the conditions properly was the primary reason for the eight-wicket loss in the series-opener.
And something that we didn’t do well today,” he conceded. “I thought that we were a little bit chaotic in the back end. “It’s just about being more ruthless and paying closer attention to detail…So all these little things I try to put together into one basket whenever I’m playing cricket here in India. “You know when you come to India, playing in their home conditions, you’ve got to play your best cricket. You know they’re a very tough team to beat, so you got to make sure you have more rights than wrongs. “…he played a wonderful innings. Hope also felt that Indian spinners used the conditions better. “I also felt when India bowled their spinners got a lot more spin on the surface. “Well to be fair, when you think about him (Dhir) as the options that they have you would see him as the second spinner or the extra spinner. So usually as a batting group you tend to say okay maybe target this guy, but still we have got to play the situation of the game. “If he’s bowling the best on the day then he’s not the so-called second spinner or third spinner.
Because we know we could always do damage in the back end if we have wickets in hand,” Hope, who struck a half century in the match, pointed out, maybe give ourselves a bit more time. Because of the conditions,” he said, referring to the dew that makes it harder to grip the ball, something that we didn’t really get chance to extract maybe. Felt as though we were trying to score 270 or 280 at some stage, you know we just had to play the situation of the game a little bit smarter. The five-match series move to Ranchi now, where the two teams will clash on October 9. Hope was full of praise for Iyer, who played a brilliant unbeaten knock of 102 off 43 balls to help India chase down the 171-run target with consummate ease. Hope lauded Indian all-rounder Naman Dhir, who returned with impressive figures of 3 for 31 on his debut.
And sometimes you need a bit of luck as well,” he said at the post-game press conference. The right-handed opener said assessing conditions is key to success when touring India. “But the thing is, I know there are a lot of guys who played here, whether it’s in the IPL or previous tours, so we just need to use those experiences and find a way to get better, come back for the next game,” Hope said. Again when you don’t put a big score on the board when you’re batting first in Indian conditions it’s always going to be tough for you as a bowling group,” the West Indies skipper said. Just so happened I probably opened the floodgates for him a bit, I think I was the first one to be dismissed,” Hope said. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
