🏏India vs WI - 5th T20I at Lauderhill, Florida, 8:00 PM Today🏏 - Page 5

Hardik Pandya | India skipper: It's very special feeling to get a chance to lead your country. Obviously on then winning the game means a lot to me. Captain Ro did everything well before this game, so I just ensured that we kept doing the good work. (On captaincy) Why not? If given a chance, I'll be more than happy to do it. But for now, we have a World Cup coming, it's about getting better as a team. The kind of talent the players we have and the freedom we're getting, this is the New India. I can see players playing with freedom and not worrying about failing. And when you do that, you tend to do special things. I wanted to give Axar the ball early because he is used to bowling in the powerplay, he is capable of holding his own and then with the wrist spinners, I knew we could get the wickets. It's about how we can get better from here. Preparation-wise we're ready for the World Cup but in this sport, you never stop learning. So it's about learning with each game.

Nicholas Pooran | West Indies captain: We were just not good enough. We didn't learn from our mistakes. We just weren't up to the challenge, just didn't put enough partnerships. To come up against tough teams, we need to be good in execution. Be it in the batting group or bowling group, we have a lot of catching up to do. I just hope that we as a team learn from these losses. We're building towards the World Cup and hopefully we can do that right. (On Holder opening the batting) Obviously King and Mayers didn't play today, so we needed someone to open. Just thought of giving him an opportunity to bat higher up. We all know what he can do down the order. It (playing two spinners) is something we have to think about in the future. India have shown why they are better than us in this series.

Arshdeep Singh | Player of the Series: Feels really good. As Rahul (Dravid) Sir says, we are a process-based team. We are just looking to do the process properly, not thinking too much about the results and that's what is helping me in my bowling. It's about being adaptable (as a bowler) and a lot of credit goes to the team management for giving me clarity. The way the youngsters are being backed is nice, the feel of the dressing room is really good. Helps as a youngster to come in and do whatever you do in your IPL teams/State teams.

Axar Patel | Gamechanger of the Match: I was just focussing on keeping things simple, instead of trying too many things. Was just looking to use the surface to my advantage. The surfaces (in this series) have been helpful for me, so that has proved advantageous to me. Both in the ODIs and T20s, the pitches were fairly same. I don't mind people calling me just an all-rounder, if I do well with the ball, I'll be a bowling all-rounder, if with the bat, then a batting all-rounder.

The winners cheque and Trophy is being given to Hardik. All the Indian players are getting a winners' medal as well. Time for some photoshoot now as the visitors pose with the silverware. India weren't tested as a team that much but there have been a lot of positives for them looking forward to the World Cup. Selectors will have a good headache to have with such a large talent pool to pick from. As for West Indies, you can understand skipper Pooran's disappointment and we can only hope that they rise back in style. Nothing like an in-form Windies team in the shortest format

Congratulations to India for winning the match and series by 4-1.🥳

Few days break and they will be back on the field to play ODI series with Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe closely followed by T20 Asia Cup in Dubai and then back in India to play T20Is with Australia and T20Is and ODIs with South Africa before departing to Australia for the Men's T20I world Cup before 23rd October 2022.😊

Their calendar is chock-a-block. Hope the management rotates the players.

Cheers..

Congratulations to our team India.❤️ Now, they are rearing to march towards the world cup venue. 👏

Originally posted by: SoniRSippu21

The winners cheque and Trophy is being given to Hardik. All the Indian players are getting a winners' medal as well. Time for some photoshoot now as the visitors pose with the silverware. India weren't tested as a team that much but there have been a lot of positives for them looking forward to the World Cup. Selectors will have a good headache to have with such a large talent pool to pick from. As for West Indies, you can understand skipper Pooran's disappointment and we can only hope that they rise back in style. Nothing like an in-form Windies team in the shortest format

Congratulations Team India🥳

Was out yesterday so missed it😭

when is next one😆