The chase was always hopeless. A collapse was almost certain.
What went wrong with the bowling though?
I think there was a selection mistake in dropping Mccoy and bringing in Keemo Paul. What went right in the last 2 ODI's before this was the taking of wickets in the middle overs to stifle India's progress, which happened through unorthodox bowling from Mccoy (slower balls, bouncers, left arm angle).
Here we had two fairly orthodox new ball bowlers in Roach and Holder plus Keemo Paul who is an excellent swing bowling prospect. There was no seamer there who could make an impact with the older ball in the middle. For that they need to keep trialing Mccoy's variation and Thomas's extreme pace. I thought they had worked that out as it has been an ongoing problem, but apparently not.
Also it has to be said that Rohit and Rayadu were excellent and punished the bowling severely no matter where it was bowled.
With the bat we need to bolster the middle order by replacing Powell with Ambris, who is a much better batsman. The top order is as strong as it can be when we're missing Gayle and Lewis. It's not ideal but it will have to do.
My XI for next match (with World Cup spot in brackets)
Kieron Powell (Chris Gayle)
Chanderpaul Hemraj (Evin Lewis)
Shai Hope (wk)
Marlon Samuels (on notice, score runs or get dropped)
Shimron Hetmeyer
Sunil Ambris
Jason Holder
Fabian Allen
Ashley Nurse
Kemar Roach (not convinced, might be decent in English conditions though)
Obed Mccoy/Oshane Thomas (invest in these two for the variety they bring)
