Vivian Richards feels that a strong show by West Indies against India in the ODI series would dispel their dubious reputation as a team easily run over by oppositions."We would have basically put that team in (their) place because everyone maybe felt that, because of the situation of our cricket, they could come here and whatever team play, they can run past us," Richards said.
"I hope that the guys do have that in mind and they can find the inspiration to make sure that they give a good account of themselves," he said when asked about the chances of West Indies in the five-match ODI series.
He said the West Indies players should lift themselves up as the series against a depleted Indian side offers them a chance to climb to the ODI rankings.
"I believe this is a great chance for the Windies. Even though you have a depleted India team, they are still World Champions. They're still here representing the World Champions," said the former West Indies captain.
"I believe in order for us to start climbing up the world rankings, if we take care of this second-string India team, then we'll be saying things," Richards was quoted as saying by 'Trinidad and Tobago Newsday'.
The dreaded batsman, a member of two World Cup-winning teams, felt that all the stakeholders should work together to bring West Indies cricket back to their past glory.
"I think why sometimes things go wrong is because we haven't quite gelled as yet as a unit to put our resources together and work together to making it better.
"We are too isolated at times and I'm hoping that with a lot more folks on board, we'll be ready to deliver as they've done in the past," said the twice World Cup winner.
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