West Indies captain Jason Holder blamed his team's poor batting for the defeat against India as he felt an ideal score on the WACA strip was 270 and not the 182 runs they managed in the ICC Cricket World Cup group league encounter in Perth on Friday.
West Indies captain Jason Holder blamed his team's poor batting for the defeat against India as he felt an ideal score on the WACA strip was 270 and not the 182 runs they managed in the ICC Cricket World Cup group league encounter in Perth on Friday.
Asked if they were 20 runs short, Holder said, "I think we were a little shorter than that. I thought the wicket was a good one to bat on but we just didn't play ourselves when we batted. I thought initially we should have been looking in excess of 270. I think the wicket was good enough to get that, we just didn't."
Holder knows that it's a tricky situation for them right now as they not only have to beat UAE in their last game but also hope that Ireland slip in their remaining three games.
"Well, I can only control what I can control. Whatever happens in those last preliminary games is beyond my control. What I can control is the game against UAE, and I can assure you that we are going to win that game by all means, and we just need to be aggressive and finish this preliminary round in a good manner," Holder said, putting up a brave face.
He said that some introspection needs to be done before the final match against UAE and the time off from cricket would help them do so.
"Well, we've got to sit and wait for it. There are a few more preliminary games to be played. We've got one more game and we've got some time off before that last game, so we've got to sit and wait and see how the table looks before our last game, and then we come up with a plan and a strategy how we go forward."
A lot has been spoken about Holder's ability to impose himself as a captain with so many senior players in the side, but the 23-year-old said he shares a good rapport with most of them.
"Well, I have a very good relationship with most players. It may not require me to be speaking to them in a team setting. I may just pull them one-on-one and just have a chat. We just sort of unlace things, try to work out stuff.
Obviously, we didn't bat well in this game and we didn't bat well in the last game as well. So we just need to address a few areas.
"But there are ways that I will go about doing it. But we just need to be honest with ourselves and the batsmen just need to be accountable for putting runs on the board."
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