Reasons behind West Indies’ defeat in 1st Test
||CF Correspondent||
West Indies stand-in skipper Kraigg Brathwaite blamed their shortcomings in building any effective partnership in the chase of 204-run target, which he said was the catalyst in their 64-run defat at the hands of Bangladesh in the first Test.
The visitors, however, got a desired partnership through Sunil Ambris and Jomel Warrican who shared 63-run for the ninth wicket but that came at a moment when their defeat was almost ensured.
“We didn’t play ourselves as well as we should or could. We didn’t put up any good partnership. We lost wickets too quickly. The ball was doing a lot more in the pitch,” said Brathwaite after the match.
He disclosed that the message before the chase for the batsmen was to concentration on building partnership to which his players couldn’t respond.
“The key is partnerships, whether the top or middle order. We didn’t get partnerships early, so it cost us,” he remarked.
Brathwaite also reasoned that they let Bangladesh score 40 runs many in the first innings that proved to be decisive. But the stand in skipper is hopeful to comeback in Dhaka Test, which begins on November 30.
“The batters have to start better. We have to get bigger totals. I think they got 40 runs too many in the first innings. If we could have limited their first innings score, it could have been better,” he said.
