00:01The West Indies play their first ODI against Hosts India on Sunday in Trivandrum.
00:06The men in Maroon are using these games to prepare for next year's World Cup qualifiers.
00:11As such, Windies coach Darren Sami is taking the three limited overs matches against the Indians quite seriously.
00:17If you have to win a major ICC event, especially in the white ball format, you have to beat India.
00:25And we playing them here at home in their conditions and performing well and winning, you know, gives us a
00:34fair idea as to what we could do as a team.
00:37And how capable we are in competing on the world stage and, you know, heading into the qualifiers in February.
00:48You know, that is our number one focus, you know, continuing to fine tune the team so that when we
00:55go to the qualifiers,
00:56we put ourselves in a position to book our ticket to South Africa.
01:02According to Sami, this could be the last ODI series for the Caribbean team ahead of next year's qualifiers.
01:08As such, he thinks it's important to utilize the squad members properly during the three games.
01:14We want to give everybody an opportunity in those three games.
01:20We've got young Joel Andrew coming back into the setup.
01:26Kimo Paul, you know, everybody will be getting an opportunity.
01:31Having made his ODI debut in the Caribbean recently, left arm spinner Vita Laws is in the squad for the
01:36matches against India.
01:38Sami says the youngster is a find for the Windies with lots of potential.
01:42You've heard me for years talking about a race spinner in the West in this team.
01:50And Vita, you know, he came in and he immediately, you know, had an impact on the bowling unit for
01:59us.
02:00Still got a long way to go.
02:02Following the ODI series, the Windies play India in five T20 internationals.
02:07They know it now or any teams export.
02:10For Kourakesh Mouti.
02:11For Kourakesh Mouti.
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