In the second one Test, the event was once in the long run stored by means of rain on day 5, fighting India from finishing a 2–0 collection sweep towards the West Indies.
In the collection opener, which West Indies misplaced by means of an innings and 141 runs, the pitch was once a sluggish turner that liked the visiting Indian group greater than the hosts.
On the opposite hand, the pitch in the second one Test was once docile and lacked any important help for the West Indies’ tempo troika of Kemar Roach, Alzarri Josephand Shannon Gabriel,
“Once we produce great cricketing pitches in the Caribbean, it will help our batsmen. Every guy does not have a lot of patience. I think improving the pitches, in general, will help both batsmen and bowlers. So, I do think it’s important,” Brathwaite was once gentle however essential in his overview after the Test collection ended.
West Indies’ subsequent Test collection is an away one to Australia in January. Asked about how the group appears to be like to arrange for it and the way the way forward for the aspect appears to be like, the skipper sounded positive.
“I think we have a bright future. The key is to work more on our strengths and weaknesses. I know we are up against Australia. We know their bowlers, so we as batsmen have got to work out along with our coaches and how to score runs against them,” he reckoned.
“But the challenge is going to be starting with the new ball and the swing. The pitches (in Australia) are good for batting, with a good bounce, which is way different from what we have in the Caribbean. We will have discussions with the management in a couple of weeks’ time and prepare accordingly.”
Talking in regards to the bowlers’ efficiency in the second one Test, Brathwaite mentioned there was once a large number of room for growth.
“As a bowling unit, there are a certain areas (we can improve). We need to cut our run rates. At times, we get hit on both sides. So, we need to be more disciplined with the ball, controlling the run rate of the batsman at times,” he mentioned all the way through the post-match media interplay.
“Otherwise, we showed some fight here, but we also need to be consistent. And the key to consistency is always discipline. It’s the key for us to believe it, even more as a group, so that we can be more consistent. We were looking to fight until Day 5. We had 288 runs to win. It was possible. Obviously, can’t do much about the weather.”
Debutant Kirk McKenzie controlled 32 with the bat within the opening innings earlier than getting trapped leg-before for a duck to Ravichandran Ashwin in the second one. While Brathwaite was once glad together with his efficiency, he felt that he must stay bettering and could be a excellent skill for the aspect one day.
“He (McKenzie) was once rather excellent. When he got here in, he confirmed the composure. He was once excellent; was once hitting some barriers. So, that was once a excellent signal. Unfortunately, he did not move on and get a large rating. But he seemed excellent. It’s simply that he must stay bettering as a batter in several box settings and eventualities.
(With PTI inputs)