Ramdin satisfied with Windies' preparation

DeneshRamdin

A West Indian representative side lost twice in two days to India A, most recently going down on Sunday by 16 runs despite Ramdin's run-a-ball 102.

With the West Indies preparing to embark on a five-match one-day international series starting in Kochi on Wednesday, Ramdin was not bothered by their lack of winning form.

Ramdin insisted the arrivals of ODI captain Dwyane Bravo, Dwayne Smith and Andre Russell - the trio have been playing in the Champions League Twenty20 tournament - will be the difference ahead of the series opener.

"We are right where we want to be," Ramdin said. 

"Bravo, Smith and Russell still have to slot in. 

"That will give [Kieron] Pollard and [Darren] Sammy more finishing power at the end. 

Ramdin added, on the tour match: "Today, we kept losing wickets consistently. But we can take some confidence going into the next game.

"It was a very good pitch for batting. With the amount of seamers we have, they came and hit the lengths and the balls carried through quite nicely. 

"They hit a couple of edges and I did what I had to do behind - cleaning up and I got five catches. We could have bowled better with the new ball."

Ramdin said while he was happy with his all-round game, he was disappointed he could not steer the rep side to victory.

"It was a good day in terms of my glovework and then batting and getting a good score," he said. 

"But I wasn't happy in terms of batting right down to the end and finishing off the game for the team."

Following the five ODIs, the West Indies will also play India in a one-off T20 before a three-Test series.

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