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We had no petrol left in tank after first three ODIs: Stuart Law

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Press Trust of India Thiruvananthapuram
Last Updated : Nov 01 2018 | 8:20 PM IST

West Indies coach Stuart Law Thursday said it was time for his young team to put learning into action following its ODI series loss against hosts India.

"The guys they have got a lot of skills, every single one of them. But it is also temperament and decision making under pressure. Once you walk out there, there are 40,000 people screaming, you are up against one of the best teams going around," he told reporters at the post-match press conference.

"Pressure does funny things, it is about living it. You still don't understand what pressure is... then the enormity of the situation, the enormity of the circumstances they are playing in over here some times can get the better of them. There is pressure everywhere...you are scrutinised, on the street, at the hotel foyer, at the cricket ground," said the Australian.

Law said the West Indies have learnt a lot from their Indian counterparts during the tour.

"They are learning all the time... there is no better team to watch, no better batsmen to watch than Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, how they go about their work... and the way they (Indians) bowl... Bumrah has been outstanding since he's come back in. Their spinners. Jadeja has been hard work. Kuldep continues to mess with their minds.

"It is not the skill thing. It is just choosing the right option at the right time, if we can do that as you saw in game two and game three, we can play really good cricket, it is a matter of getting through that situations."
"Oshane Thomas showed some real pace in swinging the ball. The one thing that really stands out is that come Pune we played some good cricket and Vizag we had a great game of cricket. Those two games took a lot out of us. The last two games we had no petrol left in the tank. We have to address fitness and strength areas."

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First Published: Nov 01 2018 | 8:20 PM IST

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