Delhi: After the defeat by 8 wickets in the first T20 International against India, West Indies captain Shai Hope expressed a big reaction about his team's batting. He admitted that under the pressure of a big score, the team did not understand the conditions properly in the last part of the innings, due to which the batting looked a bit scattered.

After the match, Hope said, “I thought we were a bit scattered in the last stages. At one point it felt like we were trying to score 270 or 280 runs. We should have understood the situation of the match a little better. If we had wickets in hand, we could always score runs quickly in the last overs.”

He further said, “Against a strong team like India, you have to pay attention to small things also. We have to adopt a more aggressive and sensible approach. It is very important to understand the conditions while playing in India and we could not do that in this match.”

Indian spinners changed the picture

Shai Hope also praised the bowlers of the host team. He believes that the Indian spinners got better help from the pitch, whereas the West Indies bowlers could not do so.

The right-handed batsman said, “India's spinners got more turn from the pitch than us. Perhaps because of the dew, it was difficult for our bowlers to get a grip on the ball.”

Hop praised Shreyas Iyer and Naman Dheer

Captain Shreyas Iyer's unbeaten century was important in India's victory. Hope said, “He played a brilliant innings; in India, when you don't get a big score in the first innings, it is always difficult to bowl.”

Whereas, on the debut of Naman Dhir, he said, “We could have thought of targeting him by considering him as an extra spinner, but if a bowler is performing best that day, then he is no longer the first or second spinner. I made the start easy for him.”

It is noteworthy that now both the teams will play the second T20 International match in Ranchi on October 9.