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Team India came to the West Indies as favourites for the One-Day series. But after the first two matches, it has become clear that the young West Indies outfit will be tough to crack in the next three games.

In the second One-Dayer on Saturday a crestfallen Indian dressing room saw the world record run of 17 straight wins chasing targets come to a dramatic end.

And defeat brings with it uncomfortable questions. Irfan Pathan’s failure in both the games batting at the critical No 3 slot has set tongues wagging.

However, Indian skipper Rahul Dravid does not think the time to end that experiment has come yet.

“A lot of good No 3 players go through bad games,” Dravid said.

On the other hand the Windies were brimming with confidence and the joy on their faces tell how much the win meant to them.

The West Indians have been struggling for long and any victory against better opponents gives them hope and confidence to revive the good old days.

All they have to do is play as a unit like they did in in Jamaica, where the bowlers bowled in the right areas and were backed up by an inspired fielding performance.

Team India knows that winning is a habit, which takes a lot of time to come and just a few days to go away.

Source:India Sports