West Indian head coach Daren Sammyhas backed his quicks to come good against India in the upcoming red-ball series. West Indies have announced their 15-member squad for the two-match Test series, which is scheduled to begin on October 2.
Roston Chase will be leading the squad with Jomel Warrican assigned to be his deputy. A notable inclusion in the bowling department is that of left-arm spinner Khary Pierre. Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Alick Athanaze are back in the mix too.
Meanwhile, Sammy shed light
on each pacer's unique ability in Test cricket and expressed confidence in them to put India to test. Sammy also elaborated on the importance of picking 20 wickets in Test matches played in India, adding that his bowling unit is capable of delivering breakthroughs and will be able to deliver against the hosts.
"In our fast-bowling department, we’ve got four different guys who have their own variety. You have Shamar Joseph, who’s very skiddy, Jayden, who has a strong front leg and can swing the ball both ways, then you have Alzarri Joseph with his height and the bounce he could extract. So, again, we take confidence in that, especially the way they’ve been bowling over the last year,” Sammy was quoted as saying by The Indian Express.
"The ability to take 20 wickets, because that’s what you will need in India. If you can’t take 20 wickets in India, you are on the backfoot, and we have a bowling lineup (capable) of that, especially from the seam department, that could take 20 wickets. I have full confidence in that, and it makes me smile knowing that we go out bowling and we take 20 wickets. And that’s the first objective in the Test match,” he added.
West Indies last played a Test series in June and July earlier this year, when they were clean swept by Australia at home by a 0-3 margin. The team management will expect the squad to put up a better fight against Indians in Ahmedabad (first Test) and Delhi (second Test).
