Nicholas Pooran acknowledges the challenges ahead of India ODIs

Vaibhav Tripathi

West Indies' white-ball captain Nicholas Pooran believes that the batters will need to find a way to hang in the middle irrespective of the conditions against India in the three-match ODI series starting Friday.


Addressing a media briefing on the eve of the first ODI of the series against India, Pooran revealed the biggest challenge for the home side in the upcoming ODI series. 

"As a group, we felt like in international cricket 9.30 [am] games; you can't control certain things. For us I felt the biggest learning is believe that we can fight - doesn't matter the conditions," Nicholas Pooran said on the eve of the ODI series opener against India.

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The 26-year-old Trinidadian went on to say that his team needs to quickly assess and understand that what is difficult for the home side, must also be tough for the visiting team. He also weighed on the importance of batting long in the one-day format.

"We need to assess as players really quickly and understand that if it's difficult for us, it's difficult for the opposition as well. For us as a batting group, we need to hang in there as long as possible in tough conditions and tough times and believe that whatever we got is respectable and gives us a chance in the game," Pooran said. 

'Team is willing to learn and get better', says Pooran


Pooran said he has complete faith in his team and the squad's talent. The left-handed batter is also hopeful that his team will take some positives from the series whitewash against Bangladesh and make some necessary corrections. 


"I believe in the guys and believe in the talent that we have here and willingness of the guys to learn. Everyone wants to get better; everyone is asking questions. Everyone is asking how to get better and that's something I admire from the guys so far coming from the Bangladesh series," the 26-year-old concluded.

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