We have lots to learn from India, says skipper Sammy

Admitting that West Indies were completely outplayed in the Eden Test, skipper Darren Sammy on Friday credited the Indians for their performance and said there was a lot to learn from them.

While he blamed his batsmen for playing rash shots, Sammy heaped lavish praise on Rohit Sharma and Ravichandran Ashwin for their batting and seamer Mohammed Shami for his bowling.

‘It was a disappointing loss. We are a much better team than how we played. But the credit must go to India the way used the old ball especially Shami who got to reverse the ball quite well.

‘Our batsmen were not patient enough including me. Prior to the match, I had said hopefully the Indian batsmen will play lot of shots but it’s our batsmen who ended up playing loose shots,’said Sammy after his team went down to India by an innings and 51 runs inside three days,’ Sammy said.

‘We are not occupying the crease as much as we should. Test cricket is about patience and we saw how Rohit and Ashwin occupied the crease and we should take lessons from them on how they batted. They played ball by ball and that one partnership batted us out of the game,’ added.

Sammy was also all praise for debutant Shami who returned match figures of 9/118. ‘Credit goes to Shami, first game, very impressive. He showed us how to bowl on Indian wickets. He bowled dead straight and on to the stumps, getting the ball to reverse,’ Sammy said.