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We have plans in place for Prithvi Shaw, says Chase
West Indies allrounder Roston Chase says they are betterprepared to tackle young Indian batsman Prithvi Shaw, whose initial onslaught had set the tone for their embarrassing defeat in the first Test.
Young Shaw scored a century on debut, playing a key role in Indias big win in the series-opener.
I am sure our guys would have learnt quickly from what happened in the first Test and we will know some of the strengths of the young Shaw, who really took us apart early in the game. I am sure we will learn from our mistakes in the first game and move on smartly in the second game, Chase said on the eve of the second Test.
While there is a plan in place for Shaw, Chase didnt want to divulge.
We had a long chat after the first Test and came up with some plans. We discussed how we are looking to bowl at him in the second Test along with some of the other batters. I cant obviously discuss our plans in the conference. I think we have a better idea of what we are looking to do against him.
One of the positives going into the second Test is the presence of seniormost pacer Kemar Roach and captain Jason Holder.
Its always good to have the captain back. I am not sure what the line-up will be for the next match. Can't really say who is playing but its really good to have Kemar Roach back, a very senior player and brings a lot of experience to the team. So yeah, it's good to have both of them back.
Chase also explained the reasons for his teams batting debacle in the first Test.
Firstly, India scoring 600odd runs. It was always going to be a hard task for us to comeback and surpass that score. I thought that on the first afternoon that we batted, guys were a bit tired having fielded so many overs. But after that, I thought we didnt really apply ourselves on the pitch.
We didnt really mix the aggression with defence and werent really in control of some of the shots that we were playing. We attacked early and then when they set the field back, I thought thats where we struggled after they took away our boundary options. I thought we didn't really rotate the strike as well as we should, and that was what really led to our downfall.
He also admitted that playing with two inexperienced pacers Keemo Paul and Sherman Lewis was also contributed to defeat as they were unable to control the rampaging Indian batsmen.
The bowling, it was always going to be hard coming in with two new very inexperienced bowlers, having lost our captain and Roach had to go back home. It was always going to hard to contain the batsmen, especially in the pace department. But it is Test cricket, you have to learn quickly.
