DA SILVA WANTS TO WIN

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They're locked and loaded.  As, New T&T Red Force captain Joshua Da Silva has his sights set on winning the Regional Super50 competition this year.  Da Silva will be aiming to guide the team to their 15th regional one-day title, and says he's confident in the squad's balance.  With preparations in full swing, the Red Force are hoping to start their campaign on a winning note when they face the Barbados Pride in their opening encounter in two weeks.

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00:00They are practicing to add another regional Super 50 title to their cabinet.

00:04Despite their many victories over the years,

00:06captain of the team Joshua Da Silva says the hunger remains in the team to recapture the title again.

00:12For Trinidad and Tobago, for me it will be nice,

00:14but I know for the team and for the people of Trinidad it will be great,

00:17especially to give Coach Riyad his first title for Trinidad.

00:21So yeah, that will be awesome for us and hopefully we can do that for the people.

00:25Of the many goals that they've set forward this season,

00:28he has one main objective in mind.

00:30The only goal is to score more than them and take more wickets than them

00:32because we don't know what conditions we're going to have on the day.

00:35Playing three different venues, so we know that each venue brings a different challenge.

00:39So on the morning of the game we see what is the best combination

00:42and whatever target we think is best or if we're chasing how much we need to defend the team to.

00:48He added they have everything they need to win this tournament

00:50as they possess a balance of new and experienced players.

00:54But no, we have Jason Mohamed, we have quite a number of new players in the team as well,

01:01so relying on the experience, Jed Gouli, Tian Webster, all those guys,

01:04Brian Charles have been playing this level for quite some time.

01:07So yeah, we have the experience and we have everything that I think we need

01:11to go ahead and win this tournament.

01:12We've been having a good few games and the work ethic has been great from the guys

01:18who've played quite a number of games.

01:20We've had the four-team tournament, we've had the trial matches and now with the team selected

01:24we have some games here against the team that's going to Peru.

01:29So yeah, we've been having a good time and it's gelling well and everything is going to plan.

01:34They played their first game against Barbados on November 19th,

01:38but it's not a date that's too far away to plan for.

01:40Yeah, it's a bit early now, but we basically know the majority of the players in the system now,

01:46so it's just about fine-tuning our skills and we're knowing their weaknesses,

01:51having the meetings that we're going to have to make sure that we stick to those plans for as long as possible.

01:56Aside from representing his country, Da Silva says he also dreams of representing the West Indies

02:01in the shorter format and he will attempt to impress the Windy selectors.

02:06Yeah, I played ODI cricket back in 2021, I believe, so it's always been a goal to get back there.

02:12It seems like a tough task, but with the shortened games, I'm trying to put my hand up and score as many runs as I can.

02:19The shorter version of this tournament, it's unfortunate, but you have to make most of what we've been given.

02:27So yeah, just make the best of the opportunity and try to do the best that I can.

02:30Da Silva has played two ODIs for the Windy's and the cell selection is out of his hands.

02:35It's out of my control. I can only do what I need to do, which is play cricket.

02:39And yeah, when my opportunity comes, and if it does come, I'll hopefully take it with both hands.

02:43But yeah, there's nothing you could pinpoint. It's all up in the hands of God and whatever my journey is.

02:49Studio 24, TV6 Sport.

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