West Indies skipper Darren Sammy blamed the 16-run defeat against India in the lone Twenty20 match on playing too many dot balls.
The hosts, while chasing 160 to win, did not score off 50 balls, which amounts to 40 per cent of the balls at their disposal.
"Dot balls have been plaguing us and we left it a little too late in the end. But with people like Barnwell, we know we can chase big Twenty20 totals. The batsmen should play the spinners better come Monday," Sammy said.
The skipper also rued that they let India off the hook after claiming four early wickets.
"We stuck at it to start with but we let them get 20 runs too many. We need to go back to the drawing board. I was a little surprised by the pitch, it was a good decision to field but we didn't restrict them to the total we wanted," he said.
Indian batsman S Badrinath, who scored 43 runs and also put on 71 runs for the fifth wicket with Rohit Sharma (26), was adjudged Man-of-the-Match.
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"Dot balls have been plaguing us and we left it a little too late in the end. But with people like Barnwell, we know we can chase big Twenty20 totals. The batsmen should play the spinners better come Monday," Sammy said.
The skipper also rued that they let India off the hook after claiming four early wickets.
"We stuck at it to start with but we let them get 20 runs too many. We need to go back to the drawing board. I was a little surprised by the pitch, it was a good decision to field but we didn't restrict them to the total we wanted," he said.
Indian batsman S Badrinath, who scored 43 runs and also put on 71 runs for the fifth wicket with Rohit Sharma (26), was adjudged Man-of-the-Match.
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