Tag: Kraigg Brathwaite West Indies skipper

  • Psychological preparation and talent execution key to good fortune: Kraigg Brathwaite forward of India sequence

    West Indies Take a look at captain Kraigg Brathwaite believes their psychological preparation and execution of talents at the box will dangle key within the two-Take a look at sequence in opposition to India starting in Dominica on July 12.

    West Indies cricket slumped to a brand new low on final Saturday when the two-time champions didn’t qualify for the ICC ODI Global Cup to be held in India later this yr.

    However Brathwaite and corporate are keen to seem forward and get started the brand new ICC Global Take a look at Championship cycle with the sequence in opposition to India.

    West Indies cricketers are these days attending a coaching camp on the Coolidge Cricket Floor right here to organize for the sequence.

    “It’s necessary to start out neatly. We’re enjoying in opposition to India, so you realize the fellows are truly having a look ahead to it,” Brathwaite used to be quoted as announcing through Cricket West Indies (CWI).

    “I feel as a staff, and as batsmen and bowlers, we have already got the ones ideas in thoughts about what to anticipate, and that is why preparation is essential.

    “It’s all about the way you get ready, understanding what we’re going to get in the case of stipulations, we normally know the way the surfaces will play, and we already know India’s staff, so it’s necessary from now to mentally get ready, and perceive the plans we wish each as a bowling unit and as batters, so you realize it’ll all come all the way down to execution,” he added.

    Brathwaite will go back to motion after a four-month lay-off when the Caribbean facet takes on India in Dominca. The second one Take a look at might be performed in Trinidad from July 20.

    Brathwaite has known as at the Caribbean cricket enthusiasts to return out in massive numbers and enhance the staff within the sequence in opposition to India.

    “Dominica will host the primary Take a look at tournament, and we name for the supporters in Dominica to return out and enhance us, however the guys are truly having a look ahead to the primary two Take a look at suits of this cycle,” the red-ball specialist mentioned.

    “That’s nice you realize in the case of the one centesimal Take a look at tournament in opposition to West Indies, and it’s in Trinidad, and you realize they love their cricket there, so I feel it’s necessary, and we gotta attempt to make the area proud.” The Take a look at suits in opposition to India might be adopted through three-match ODI sequence, beginning on July 27, and a five-match T20I sequence starting on August 3.