NEW DELHI – West Indies are confident of playing competitively when their tour of India opens tomorrow with the first Test at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium.
The Windies are riding high on a Test series win on foreign soil for the first time in eight years, following their successful trip to Bangladesh where they won both Test and One-day International series.
This series – the West Indies’ first full tour to India in nine years – will be their toughest under skipper Darren Sammy, but head coach Ottis Gibson said the Bangladesh series helped his side prepare well and get acclimatized to conditions on the sub-continent.
“We had a good series against Bangladesh,” he said. “We now know what to expect here.”
Above, West Indies cricketers Darren Bravo (left) and captain Darren Sammy after net practice in New Delhi, India, yesterday. (AP Picture)
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