Captain Kieron Pollard would mind being the underdog tag against India and said his team will look to focus on the basics to get give a tough fight in the limited-over series which is scheduled to begin on Friday.
“We are coming up against a harder opposition, we would be the underdogs and that’s fine but then again it is about going out there and executing and believing in your talent, once you do that anything is possible,” Pollard was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo. “There are boxes which needs to be ticked off, when you do that, most times you end up on the right side of the result.”
West Indies, the defending ICC World T20 champions, will begin their tour with the three-match T20I series from December 6 in Hyderabad. The second T20I will be played in Thiruvananthapuram on December 8 and the third one in Mumbai on December 11. After that, they will play three ODIs in Chennai (December 15), Visakhapatnam (December 18) and Cuttack (December 22).
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“You must commend the guys on how they worked in the little period of time for the Afghanistan series. It was incredible and it augurs well for us as we go into the future,” he said. “Success is boring because you have to do same thing over and over again to be consistent and this is something the guys are willing to work on.”
Kieron Pollard, who was left out of the West Indies team due to differences with the previous board, said he loves to lead the side.
“I was playing international cricket for a long period of time. I missed out 3 or 4 years. It is no secret what transpired in terms of my relationship with the board and whatever. Like you dream of playing for the West Indies but you don’t dream of captaining West Indies. But something falls into your lap and again it’s a challenge and I don’t want to shy away from challenges,” he added.
“And they need the experienced guys also to guide them along so. You know, that’s basically my job. In terms of trying to guide them and set them in the right direction,” Kieron Pollard concluded.
