Windies look to ride on momentum in decider
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in the third ODI. Holder said he was under no illusions about the form of his batsmen but said they deserved the opportunity to come good insteady of chopping and changing.
“We obviously need the batsmen to come to the fore,” he noted.
“We haven’t gotten a hundred in the series so far so that’s an objective for the batsmen. Everybody knows what’s required of them. It’s just an opportunity tomorrow to come out and make amends for what happened before.”
He added: “The batsmen have got to bat. We need to give them the opportunity. We have a relatively new inexperienced opener in Kyle Hope and we need to give him a run.
“Shai (Hope) has been doing reasonably well for us. Roston Chase is pretty new on the circuit and Jason Mohammed has probably been one of our more consistent one-day players in the recent past so I can’t really foresee too many changes at the top of the order.
“We just need to instill confidence for them to go out there and do what’s required.”
West Indies boast a great record at Sabina Park, having won nine of their last 10 ODIs here over the last seven years.
They beat the Indians in a nail-biter the last time the two teams met here four years ago and Holder is hoping for similar fortunes this time around.
“I personally love to come to Sabina Park [and] many of the guys love to come here as well,” Holder said.
“The atmosphere here is always pretty good. There are avid cricket fans who enjoy the game so I always look forward to coming here and Sabina Park has always been good to West Indies.”
SQUADS:
WEST INDIES – Jason Holder (captain), Devendra Bishoo, Sunil Ambris, Roston Chase, Miguel Cummins, Shai Hope, Alzarri Joseph, Evin Lewis, Jason Mohammed, Ashley Nurse, Kyle Hope, Rovman Powell, Kesrick Williams.
INDIA – Virat Kohli (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya, Kedar Jadhav, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Umesh Yadav.