After being humiliated in the 2nd T20, Captain of the team Akeal Hosein says they will do all possible to try to win the 3rd T20 on Tuesday. He believes their opponents understood the conditions better and it worked to their advantage.
00:00Well after Nepal posted 173 for 6, captain of the West Indies team Akeen Hussain felt it was always going to be difficult to chase that score.
00:09I thought they batted pretty well. You know they set the platform, they batted really well through the middle and you know they had a good finish and setting up a, we all know setting up a total of 150 plus on this ground with these conditions is always going to be challenging.
00:27He also believes that their batsmen put them under more pressure by not scoring in the power play.
00:32When you're chasing 174, 175 for victory, you're always going to have to rely on your batters to come good for you in the power play and to come out the power play 16 for 2, you're definitely setting yourself back way behind the 8 ball you know so we were always playing catch up and as I said before these guys are quite experienced.
00:53They've played together for 4 or 5 years and they know these conditions inside out and they exploited that really well.
00:59However, he says it's a wake up call for the team.
01:02For them it may seem okay, I guess it definitely hurts a bit more for the senior guys who've played at this level and have tasted success.
01:10But it's also a wake up call for them to understand that, hey listen, international cricket is no joke.
01:15When you get here you have to do a lot of work to remain here, to perform and to be successful at this level.
01:21So it's definitely a wake up call for them, it's definitely a wake up call for us.
01:25When we come together as a team, you know, it's not just singling out individuals, you know.
01:32When you have these sort of challenges put in front of you, it takes a huge effort from all the players to get over the line.
01:40To regain momentum, he's hoping they can win the last T20 tomorrow.
01:44It's always better to leave these territories 2-1 than 3-0.
01:50So, you know, we definitely have to regroup and come back and win that last game.
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