Gibson asks his top-order to take responsibility

Facing a must-win sitution to save the three-match ODI series, West Indies coach Ottis Gibson today urged his top-order batsmen to take up the responsibility and capitalise on good starts.
Both the teams could not train because of wet ground conditions even as the threat of rain interrupting the second ODI had receded as the West Indies coach used the day's break to motivate his side.
"Obviously, it may look like we need the practice more than they do, but sometimes in situation like this, it gives us an opportunity to sit and have more meaningful discussions about our execution," Gibson said on the eve of the second ODI.

"I have been going around having one-on-one discussions with certain players about certain situations in which they find themselves during matches and discuss how perhaps they can do things better when they find themselves in those situations.
"We have to keep believing in ourselves and our ability. At times, it seems we don't back ourselves often enough, or on the flipside, we back ourselves too much, and we don't assess the situations. We need to be more aware of things and try to capitalise on good starts," he said.
After losing all the two Tests to India, the West Indies were expected to put up a better show in the ODI format but it did not happen as another meek show in Kochi meant that India took a 1-0 lead by chasing down 212 with 88 balls to spare.

"It's hard to pin-point the reason, but we have not batted 50 overs consistently. I have been stressing this to the players. We have 300 balls available to us and that's a lot of balls and the top four to six batsmen have to take responsibility for the bulk of those balls. We have done it previously, but it's something we haven't done against the stronger sides," Gibson said.