India vs West Indies 2017: Jason Holder rues sides’ inexperience following 1-3 series loss

Jason Holder praised the hard fought efforts by the West Indies batsmen during their eight-wicket loss against India in the fifth ODI at Jamaica.

West Indies skipper Jason Holder praised the hard fought efforts by the West Indies batsmen during their eight-wicket loss against India in the fifth and final ODI at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica on Thursday. However, he added that the current West Indies squad was relatively inexperienced while he backed for some good results from the side in the coming days. Holder won the toss for West Indies and elected to bat first. However, they could only manage 205 for 9, too low a total on a true pitch. Virat Kohli’s prolific knock of 111 not out sealed a 3-1 result in favour of India. FULL CRICKET SCORECARD: India vs West Indies 2017, 5th ODI at Jamaica

“We got a very good start. Unfortunately, Kyle Hope got out when we were building some momentum. I just hope that the guys learn quickly. I can only control what I can control. It’s a relatively inexperienced side and I hope we get some results our way going forward. The pitch was good throughout the entire game. We just didn’t capitalise,” said Holder after the match, as reported by The Indian Express. “We lost wickets at crucial stages and never recovered from there. Our bowling has been good in few of the games, and that will be the positives I’ll be taking from this series. Still, a lot of work to be done in terms of consistency.” FULL CRICKET UPDATES: India vs West Indies 2017, 5th ODI at Jamaica

“I sympathise with the batsmen, but they need to learn quickly and use the off-season well. We knew the surface in Jamaica is pretty good for batting, and we didn’t really capitalise. Three or four batsmen, we got in and got out. Our bowlers have been outstanding, we conceded one score of 300, but apart from that we did very well,” he concluded.

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