Jason Holder is the current skipper of West Indies cricket team. He is holding tight the current crop of Windies team which is not one of the best like they were ones. Holder made his ODI debut at Perth against Australia in a One Day International in 2013 where Windies were badly thrashed by mighty Aussies as they lost that match by 9 wickets. But in his debut Test he made a fighting half-century in the second innings of match against New Zealand at Bridgetown. Except in the T20 format Holder has made a name of himself in other two formats-Test and ODI. With a team full of allrounders Holder has been performing consistently for the team. Holder sometimes went for too much in bowling that is the only negative in his game, lack of temperament stops him to enter the big leagues of cricketers.
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Holder felt the 320-odd runs his team scored at Guwahati was below par, and given the way Kohli and Rohit made mince-meat of the bowlers on a featherbed, he is not way off the mark.
Shimron Hetmyer's 106 was the high point of their innings and the skipper said he could have gone a bit deeper.
Asked about the positives, skipper Holder termed Roston Chase and Sherman Lewis' performance.
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West Indies last drew an away Test series against India way back in 1994 when Lara scored 91 at Mohali.
He also defended the field placements of stand-in skipper Kraigg Brathwaite, who opened the field quite early in the game.
The unit is not short on talent but it has little idea of playing in India with only five members of the 15-man squad having featured in a Test in the country.
There is not much to gain for India against the eighth-ranked West Indies who, on their part, will be trying their best to make an impression in one of the toughest places to tour.
Fast bowler Jason Holder spearheaded the West Indies with career-best match figures of 11-103.
After the home team compiled 354 in its first innings, Bangladesh was bowled out for a meagre 149 in reply with Holder taking 5-44 in 10.1 overs.
Bangladesh, after its lowest Test score of 43 in the first innings, was all out for 144 in the second after resuming day three on 62/6.
Lasting for just 18.4 overs, the tourists posted the lowest total since India was dismissed for 42 in 1974.
West Indies will start the series at No.9 in the ICC Test Team Rankings, just behind their opponents, but a 2-0 series win will take them above Bangladesh to No.8.
Sri Lanka captain Suranga Lakmal and Lahiru Kumara took three wickets each as the Windies squandered their opportunity to bat the tourists out of the game.
Wicketkeeper Dowrich put on a crucial 90 run-stand with captain Jason Holder for the sixth wicket for the hosts before the latter was given out caught behind after Sri Lanka appealed the umpire's not out decision.
Both teams will meet in the longest format of the game after a gap of more than two years, having last faced off during Windies' tour of Sri Lanka in October 2015.
The West Indies captain Holder also praised Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels for making themselves available for the Qualifiers which starts on March 4.
Holder was fined and suspended for maintaining a slow over-rate during New Zealand's innings and 67 runs victory in the Wellington Test.
West Indies still had three wickets in hand at 374/7 in its first innings, with Dowrich and captain Holder both hitting unbeaten half-centuries in their eighth-wicket stand.
West Indies last won a test in England 17 years ago.
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