Jason Holder was confident of Windies beating India in the 4th ODI

There emerged one big positive, and one big let down in the 4th ODI between India and Windies, which the visitors lost. For India, the let down was MS Dhoni’s unusually slow innings, the slowest of his career, in which he crawled to a half century in 108 balls, not something you expect from someone who has the tag of being world’s best finisher. On the other hand, for the hosts, the huge positive was their captain Jason Holder recording his best bowling figures in ODIs as he ended the game with figures of 5/27.

Team India lost the match by 11 runs as Holder ripped through their batting line-up. Wickets kept falling one after the other and India was pushed towards a defeat. With the result of this game, the 5th ODI becomes a must win for India, if they fall short there, the series will be drawn since the first match was washed out and following two were won by the visitors only to be abruptly halted in the penultimate match. However, despite India being the

However, despite India being the favourites in the game, the West Indies captain knew that they could beat India with some discipline on the field.

“We knew we could beat India. Just needed some application,” said Holder in the post-match presentation ceremony. “Throughout the series we’ve spoken about taking new-ball wickets. India’s top order has been doing well.  It’s all about getting Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat (Kohli) as soon as possible.”

Kesrick William’s magic 48th over 

He also heaped praises on pacer Kesrick Williams, who was given the ball in the 48th over in which he conceded only 2 runs and also got the big wicket of  MS Dhoni, who could have taken India over the line had he stayed until the last ball.  “I want to make a special mention of Kesrick Williams – showed a lot of maturity in his second game, showed a lot of heart as well,” said Holder.

Although their bowlers have been putting in a lot of effort to stumble the strong Indian batting, their batting remains poor with none of them converting starts into big scores and showing the application to stick to the crease. Holder admitted that batting remains a big worry for Windies. He further said that he believed in himself and knew that on his day, he could win the game for his team.

“I always believe in myself. I thought I was doing fairly well in the series so far. Only criticism was at the back end. Roddy Estwick told me not to try too many things and just stick to my plans, and that’s what I did,” he concluded.