Brathwaite hopes for improvement against spin

Carlos Brathwaite, the West Indian all-rounder, is hoping for an improved performance from his side against spin bowling in the upcoming Test series against India. Brathwaite is currently training for the series in a preparatory camp in Jamaica and is vary of the spin threat the visitors will pose in friendly conditions.
Brathwaite acknowledged West Indies' improvement over the course of their tour of Australia in December 2015 - January 2016, but reckoned the pitches at home will be a lot slower and hence need better adaptability.

"As a team and personally, we ended that tour on a fairly high note but transforming it now from Australia to the West Indies, the pitches are a bit slower and it's a different attack," Brathwaite said on Thursday (July 14).
"India attack with spin while the Aussies attack with pace [and] it's about us now being a little more patient. Spin has supposedly been our downfall for the last couple series or years and I think we've gotten better.
The 27-year-old revealed that coach Phil Simmons helped the batters play spin better and has called for patience from his teammates in order to succeed.
"The coach has done a very good job getting some of the batters in off-season and focussing on playing spin really well. It's just a matter of us having a few options to each delivery, being patient and ultimately, playing the waiting game. I think whoever plays the patient game better will come out on top in the series."
The hosts are also tasked with putting the brakes on India's star-studded batting line-up and Brathwaite has revealed that the bowlers have some plans in place for each of the opposition batsman.
"[Their batting line up] is undoubtedly one of the stronger batting line-ups in the world, home and away, and unfortunately or fortunately for us it a lot similar to India in the Caribbean. We have our tasks, we have our plans for each and every batter and it is about us executing the plans and if the plans don't come to fruitions within two sessions, you keep chugging away.
Brathwaite, who made his Test debut in West Indies' previous Test assignment - against Australia late last year - hopes for the side to display overall patience while dealing with India's famed batting unit.
"It's about us being patient as a team, patient as a bowling unit and as individuals not getting frustrating but realising that [we're] up against one of the better batting units and you have to do what you would in first class cricket over a long period of time.
"Once we can continue to progress from the Australia series and from the first Test in Antigua straight through to the fourth Test, I think the fans would be happy and I think that us as a team could give ourselves a pat on the back."