IND vs WI: We Have A Lot Of Work To Do With Bowling And Batting – Nicholas Pooran After ODI Series Defeat vs India

Nicholas Pooran-led West Indies National Cricket Team lost by 96 runs in the third and final ODI of the three-match ODI series against Rohit Sharma-led India National Cricket Team at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on February 11, Friday.

Captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat first but the decision turned out to be a poor one as the top-order batters failed miserably. However, middle-order batters – Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer – and bowling all-rounders Deepak Chahar and Washington Sundar played good knocks and helped India score 265 runs in the first innings.

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While chasing the target West Indies top-order failed to score good runs against the Indian bowling unit and the team lost wickets at regular intervals. 7 batters were sent back to the dugout in just 18.3 overs. In the end, Odean Smith played an entertaining 36 runs knock but he was unable to take West Indies past the finish line and West Indies lost the series by 0-3.

Must say congratulations to Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid – Nicholas Pooran

During the post-match presentation, West Indies skipper Nicholas Pooran congratulated Indian skipper Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid for their first ODI series victory together. He said:

“Wonderful opportunity. Must say congratulations to Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid – first white-ball series victory for them.”

Nicholas Pooran lauded the West Indies bowling unit and said that the bowlers did a wonderful job in the series. He added that the West Indies team need to do a lot of work in both the batting and bowling departments, primarily on the batting side of things.

Nicholas Pooran also said that the West Indies are a good team in the shorter format of the game but they need to put a lot of work on the longer formats. He elaborated:

“The way we bowled in the series was wonderful. We have a lot of work to do with bowling and batting, more so batting this series. The way the boys bowled was fantastic. It seems like we are better at the shorter format, but we need to put in work in the longer format.” 

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