India vs West Indies: Jason Holder feels batters should put bigger prize on their wicket

Once
again
West
Indies
failed
to
bat
all
the
50
overs
and
were
shot
out
for
a
meagre
176
in
just
43.5
overs.
Eventually,
the
visitors
lost
the
game
by
six
wickets
to
go
0-1
down
in
the
three-match
series.

“We
just
got
to
put
a
bigger
prize
on
our
wicket,
too
many
soft
dismissals
in
the
innings
today
(on
Sunday).
The
pitch
was
a
little
difficult
to
start
off
but
more
or
less
we
still
got
to
dig
a
little-bit
deeper,
put
(up)
a
much
better
fight.

“We
got
a
couple
of
days
off
and
come
back
stronger,”
Holder
told
a
select
group
of
reporters
in
his
post-match
comments
on
Sunday
(February
6).

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Sunday
(February
6)
was
the
10th
time
in
the
last
16
games
that
West
Indies
failed
to
bat
full
50
overs
despite
the
presence
of
senior
players
like
Darren
Bravo,
Kieron
Pollard,
Holder,
Shai
Hope
and
Nicholas
Pooran.

According
to
Holder,
their
top-order
needs
to
go
a
little-deeper
and
put
a
heavier
prize
on
their
wicket.

“We
got
to
dig
deeper.
I
don’t
think
we
are
too
far
off
to
be
fair.
Our
top-order
just
needs
to
go
a
little
deeper,
put
a
heavier
prize
on
their
wicket,
and
just
get
themselves
a
really
good
chance,”
added
Holder,
who
made
57
and
struck
four
sixes.

He
also
praised
Fabian
Allen
and
termed
him
a
capable
batsman
and
rued
the
timing
of
his
dismissal
in
the
Sunday’s
game.

“It
was
a
clear
cut
situation
where
we
needed
to
dig
deep
and
spend
time.
Fabian
is
a
very
capable
batsman
(batter),
he
is
one
of
those
guys
who
can
strike
really
well,
when
he
gets
in.

“So,
I
just
try
and
give
him
that
confidence
and
we
tried
to
build
a
good
partnership,
it
is
unfortunate
when
he
got
out,
had
he
gone
a
little
longer
and
we
build
a
partnership
little
further,
we
could
have
been
in
a
real
good
position
to
finish
the
innings
off
nicely,”
signed
off
the
former
captain.