West Indies captain Jason Holder spoke to the Media, after his side suffered a 237-run defeat against India in the third Seagram’s Royal Stag Cup Test – powered by Karbonn Smart Phones – on Saturday.
Darren Bravo hit the top score of 59 and was the only batsman to pass 20, as the Windies, chasing 346 for victory, were bowled out for 108 in their second innings about 10 minutes past the scheduled tea break on the final day at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Ground.
The home team now trail the four-Test series 0-2, after the Indians won the first Test by an innings and 92 runs in Antigua, and the second Test ended in a draw.
Earlier, Miguel Cummins ended with 6-48 from 11 overs, as India, resuming from their overnight total of 157 for three, declared their second innings on 217 for seven about 45 minutes after the start.
Cummins, playing only his second Test, ended with match figures of nine for 102.
Summarised scores:
INDIA 353 (Ravichandran Ashwin 118, Wriddhiman Saha 104, K.L. Rahul 50, Ajinkya Rahane 35; Miguel Cummins 3-54, Alzarri Joseph 3-69,Roston Chase 2-70, Shannon Gabriel 2-84) and 217 for seven declared (Ajinkya Rahane 78 not out, Rohit Sharma 41, K.L. Rahul 28, ShikharDhawan 20; Miguel Cummins 11-1-48-6)
WEST INDIES 225 (Kraigg Brathwaite 64, Marlon Samuels 48, Darren Bravo 29, Leon Johnson 23, Jermaine Blackwood 20; Bhuvneshwar Kumar 23.4-10-33-5, Ravichandran Ashwin 2-52) and 108 (Darren Bravo 59; Mohammed Shami 3-15, Ravindra Jadeja 2-20, Ishant Sharma 2-30)
Shameful!! The chairman of selectors, the manager, the coach, and team captain should all be fired. Sammy was fired for non performance so let’s be consistant.
i would just hit West Indies. They could have won the match or draw the game. We need a new West Indies Cricket Board. The cricket board need to go.
Take that. That’s what you all deserved SQUARE PEGS IN ROUND HOLE.
I watched some of the West Indian batsmen get themselves out and I can tell you, if I were a selector, I would drop Marlon Samuel from the team. I don’t think I have seen a more foolish person in my life. This is a senior player on the team and when he had an opportunity to play for a draw, he threw his wicket away.
It even seemed like he was trying to sabotage the team, the way he got out. Idiot!!
West indies needs to stop experiencing with opening batsmen.the three best opening batsmen in westt indies are k brathwaite,k powell and johnson charles,the selectors needs to work with who we have and stop trying to manufacture opening batsmen.
Caribbean people must stop the belief that once a cricketer is past 30 years he can no longer make a contribution to west indies cricket the test team needs someone who knows how to be a captain in test cricket not some one wicb officials are in love with.i see signs of a developing team that needs leadership .