Follow UsBeing put to bat first at the Eden Gardens, the West Indies side did not get off to a good start, losing opener Brandon King in the first over. While Kyle Mayers and Nicholas Pooran steadied the ship, the loss of Roston Chase and Rovman Powell in quick succession led to an under-par finish for the visitors.
In the post-match press conference, Windies vice-captain Nicholas Pooran pointed out that the visitors were 10-15 runs short, insisting that a score of 170-75 would have been ideal in these conditions, especially with dew coming into play.
"We felt 10-15 runs short to be honest. A total 170-75 would have been a good score on this track. We can't really fault the bowlers. As batters we needed to play a bit smarter," Pooran said at the post-match media interaction here.
Urging their batters to buck up, he said: "Again it's our batting (that needs to improve). We played the spinners fairly okay today. We just want to continue to build partnerships. We just need to negate the spinners a bit better.
Pooran also revealed that the batters were in two minds, whether to attack or keep the Indian spinners out of the game.
"Today we were in two minds whether to attack them or keep them out of the game and we got caught in two minds there. So small fixes and minor adjustments needed to be done. We just need to be a bit more creative in the next game and execute our plans well."
"It (dew) was a big factor obviously. If you look at the game then you see the bowlers struggling to grip the ball in the last five overs. I think the wicket played better in the second half of the game," he said.
With dew playing a huge factor during the second innings, it became tough for the Windies bowlers to restrict the Indian batters.
"The wicket was a bit tricky... I think the ball was stopping a bit. They bowled well. The wicket was two-paced. Even the spinners and seamers when they bowled back of the length, it was hard to judge the pace of the wicket," Pooran, who returned to form with a 43-ball 61, said.
"Hitting through the line was difficult early on in the innings. There was a lot of dew as you can see a lot of guys wiping the ball so a lot of full tosses were bowled in the end."