|| CF Correspondent ||

West Indies stand-in captain Kraigg Brathwaite came down heavily on his team, lambasting the players for not being mentally in the game despite reeling at 75/5 on second day of the second Test.

The visitors could add just 36 runs on third day morning to be all out for 111 and being enforced to follow-on. They did slightly better in the second innings but still were bowled out for 213 to taste an innings and 184-run defeat to Bangladesh.

“Test cricket is a mental game,” he said. “Five-hundred on the board with the ball spinning on the first day. We could have had some talks. I played outside the line of a straight ball. Mentally we probably weren’t there, especially yesterday when we lost five wickets quickly. We have to do better as batsmen, even myself. We can’t consistently be 30 for three. We have to hold up our hand and do the job. Simple.”

Brathwaite termed the condition as a big factor but didn’t find any reason to blame Bangladesh to prepare a spin track.

“Condition is a big factor. We played well at home. They struggled against pace, we struggled against spin,” he said.

“They played to their strength, which is spin. Other teams will know that when they come here. Every time have their style in their conditions, and they did well,” he remarked.

The Windies skipper rather insisted that they didn’t execute their plan well.