During the second session on day three of the first Test, India defeated West Indies by an innings and 140 runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series. After suffering a bad loss to the hosts, West Indies captain Roston Chase talked about how the “infrastructure problems” are plaguing their players over the years, but these things shouldn’t be considered as an excuse for poor performances on a consistent basis across formats.
The Indian cricket team dominated the West Indies on the back of the all-round performance from Ravindra Jadeja, who scored an unbeaten century with the bat in the first innings before taking four wickets when they had a lead of 286 runs, for which he was given the player of the match
(POTM) award. Apart from him, the likes of KL Rahul and Dhruv Jurel scored hundreds while Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Siraj also took a bag of wickets for the hosts.
Yeah, that is some of the infrastructure problems that we do have: Roston Chase
As far as West Indies were concerned, there were no standout performances from any of their players with the bat and ball in their loss in Ahmedabad, and now, they will have to take on India in the second and final Test of the series at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi from Friday, October 10 onwards. After the conclusion of the contest, Roston Chase was quoted as saying, as per ESPNcricinfo, “I think the systems in the Caribbean are a bit poor in terms of training facilities and stuff.”
“I am not using that as an excuse or something to hide behind for poor performances that we've been putting out lately. I still think that the onus is on the players to find some way to churn up runs and wickets and stuff,” he added.
Following his comment about the “struggle in the Caribbean for finances”, Roston Chase detailed why the batters are finding it tough to score big runs at any sort of consistency at the Test level. The 33-year-old remarked, “Yeah, that is some of the infrastructure problems that we do have. The pitches in the Caribbean are not really batsman-friendly. So guys don't really bat for long periods and score those big scores.”
