West Indies lose two before rain wipes out play

Inconsistency has been a huge problem with most of its batsmen making a decent score here and there but also getting dismissed cheaply as often as not.

“We’ve had some one-on-one meetings with the batsmen and the coach (Phil Simmons), just to try and find ways of enhancing our preparation for this fourth Test match”, Holder said. For me the mindset matter when I go for bat.

Overall, India’s agenda will be to win the 3rd Test and extend their supremacy at the top ahead of the a hectic home season.

But with Lokesh Rahul in good form, scoring a century and a 50 in two Tests, Kohli might stick to the right-handed batsman for the final match. He’s gotten some starts but has been unable to carry on.

The match starts at 3pm BST. Anybody who has followed this series knows Holder has toiled his socks off but he still remains a No. 8 who averages 48.09 with the ball.

Jermaine Blackwood likes to take the attack to the opposition while gloves man Shane Dowrich has shown his potential to dig in.

A dry pitch awaits at the Queen’s Park Oval, but Kohli said there were a couple of damp patches on Tuesday.

Seeking to avoid the visitors completing a 3-0 triumph, the West Indies made one change from the previous match in St Lucia with specialist leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo recalled to the side at the expense of tall fast bowler Alzarri Joseph, who made his debut in the third Test. “Yesterday, I saw the wicket, looks pretty dry, a bit of grass on it as well, you know, so it’s probably a good possibility that you’d probably see a change in the squad, but I haven’t sat down and met the selectors yet”.

There still could be a couple of changes, particularly since Murali Vijay is now fully fit and deserving of a call-up after suffering an unlucky thumb injury in the first Test. The Caribbean side has now failed to win any of its last 10 Test matches, losing eight. “We got 17 in the last one and we’re looking to push it to the next step in this one”.

Coming to the only ground where they have won more than they have lost in the last 10 years, West Indies will hope they can put up creditable resistance.

Despite the ignominy, Holder remained optimistic, emphasizing the need to finish the current series strongly. “It is tough [to keep going off and on]”.

“That’s just our aim”.

“I think that the longer they spend in the middle, the easier the batting becomes”, he said. “It’s very important to take something away from the game in Jamaica, to look at how we prepare and how we can build on it”.