00:00The West Indies made a poor start to the new World Test Championship cycle after being swept aside 3-0 by Australia and the Caribbean.
00:07On the other hand, India drew 2-1 in England under new captain Shubman Gill.
00:11The men in Maroon now face the Indians in two test matches, with the opener bowling off on Thursday in Ahmedabad.
00:17And Windy's vice-captain Jamal Warrakan knows it's not going to be an easy series.
00:22One thing I can remember is the heat. Coming back here is still very hot, so that's something we've got to be mindful of.
00:27Also, the pitches, probably from day 3 into day 4, start to turn a lot, so we've got to be very mindful that the first inning is very, very important and get a good first inning score.
00:38Warrakan is aware New Zealand's left arm spinners wreaked havoc in India last year, which saw the Black Caps winning the series 3-0.
00:45However, Warrakan, who also bowls left arm spin, is not getting carried away by that, since he knows India won 18 consecutive test series at home before New Zealand spoiled the party.
00:56Yes, it gives us a lot of confidence, me as a left arm spinner, but I've seen that you've got to play on the day, you've got to adapt your condition and assess the situation ahead of you.
01:07So, yes, it's impressive that the left arm spinners have done well against India, but I've seen that you can't too much live in the past, you have also been in the present and just focus on your job at hand.
01:17The last test that the Windy's played against Australia is one they cannot forget, since the men from down under dismissed them for 27.
01:25However, Warrakan says his teammates will have to put that behind them if they want to compete with India.
01:31Right, so no team will ever want to get bowed up for 23 or 24, whatever it was, so we have to take a lot of learning from that experience.
01:39We've got to also build back ourselves and learn from it.
01:44It's very important to learn from it and try to move forward and show that what we're capable of doing.
01:49Because so far we've competed against Australia, but some key moments we didn't hold on to and it got the better of us.
01:55So, going forward here, we have to really improve and knowing that we're playing against the top opposition, we have to seize the key moments in these games and hopefully we can improve and do a lot better in this series.
02:08Just for the record, the West Indies have now lost nine consecutive test series to India.
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