Follow UsRoston Chase hasn’t had a great start as captain of the West Indies Test team, as he has lost all five Tests on the bounce. But it must be said that his opponents were really strong and, apart from the last Test against Australia and the first Test against India, they did fight in the rest of the matches, albeit without the result being in their favour.
However, the Delhi Test, which they lost by seven wickets, has renewed the vigour of the battered side from the Caribbean.
"I think this is the kind of fight that I wanted to see from us, from matches before. So, I think this is a stepping stone, a building step for us to go forward and improve as a Test playing nation," Chase was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz, at the end of the second Test of the two-match series against India, which they lost 0-2.
"This is the performance that I think will give us the confidence and boost us in terms of that belief that we can do it. Against proper Test playing nations. So, yeah, I just want to see the guys continue in this vein and not let us go back to those old ways,” added the 33-year-old.
Chase, who did not have a particularly good outing in the four innings, scoring a total of 65 runs with scores of 0 and 1 to his name as well, conceded that his team needed to improve as a batting unit to pose a threat to any other side.
"I think where we could improve mainly is our batting. I think that's what let us down for the last two series... Once we can put good first inning totals on the board, we will be able to fight for some wins in the Test Championship,” he said.
Admitting that losing is not the option that they are looking at while going into any Test, the all-rounder, who took five wickets on the tour, said that even if they were to lose, they would have to lose in a good way.
“In a positive way, we can have a lot of positives coming out of the game,” he said.
After playing India and Australia, the Windies would fly to New Zealand for an away tour to complete the first year of the 2025-27 World Test Championship (WTC) cycle. But Chase is hopeful that once they return home for the second year, they will put up a better fight against opposition like Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
"This first year in this cycle was going to be tough with opposition like Australia, India and New Zealand. But I think that once we learn from what we've done in those series and take it into the next year when we have guys like Sri Lanka and Pakistan, guys that we are closer to in the rankings, I think that we can be more competitive against those once we learn from these games,” he said.
As of the latest WTC 2025–27 rankings, Australia are at the top with three wins out of three while the Windies are at the bottom with five losses in a row. India are third, followed by England at fourth. Sri Lanka occupy second spot after their 1–0 series win against Bangladesh at home.
The Tigers are in fifth position, while defending champions South Africa, inaugural season winners New Zealand, and Pakistan are yet to complete their first set of matches.