Brathwaite on India Tests: ‘It’ll all come right down to execution’
West Indies cricket slumped to a brand new low on final Saturday when the two-time champions failed to qualify for the ODI World Cup to be held in India later this 12 months.
But Brathwaite and his workforce are desperate to look forward and begin the brand new World Test Championship cycle (2023-25) with the sequence towards India. The West Indies ODI workforce remains to be in Zimbabwe, enjoying the World Cup Qualifier from the place Jason Holder and Alzarri Joseph will leave early for the Test series. Some of the opposite West Indies gamers are at the moment attending a coaching camp on the Coolidge Cricket Ground to arrange for the Test sequence, and the selectors are but to announce the Test squad.
“It’s important to start well. We are playing against India, so you know the guys are really looking forward to it,” Brathwaite was quoted as saying by Cricket West Indies (CWI).
“I think as a team, and as batsmen and bowlers, we already have those thoughts in mind about what to expect, and this is why preparation is very important.
“It’s all about the way you put together, understanding what we will get when it comes to situations, we usually know the way the surfaces will play, and we already know India’s workforce, so it is necessary from now to mentally put together, and perceive the plans we wish each as a bowling unit and as batters, so you recognize it’s going to all come right down to execution.”
Brathwaite will return to action after four months, when West Indies last played a Test series and lost 2-0 in South Africa. The second Test will be played in Trinidad from July 20, followed by the three ODIs and 5 T20Is.
Brathwaite has called on the Caribbean cricket fans to come out in huge numbers and support the team in the series against India.
“Dominica will host the primary Test match, and we name for the supporters in Dominica to return out and help us, however the guys are actually trying ahead to the primary two Test matches of this cycle,” he said.
The second Test will also be the 100th clash in format between West Indies and India.
“That’s nice you recognize when it comes to the a centesimal Test match towards West Indies, and it is in Trinidad, and you recognize they love their cricket there, so I believe it is necessary, and we received to attempt to make the area proud.”