'We're Close To Crossing The Line'- Nicholas Pooran Is Confident Of His Team Becoming Their Best Version In The Near Future

West Indies is now playing against India in a three-match One-Day International series, two of which the visitors have already won, with the third match yet to be played. Although West Indies has not won a game, they have come very close to winning on both occasions. They have given India a tough competition, and both the games have gone down to the wire.

Windies skipper Nicholas Pooran feels his team is close to understanding its strengths and putting wins on the board. Pooran drew confidence from the West Indies' first two ODIs against India, where they batted up 300-plus totals.

"We're just starting to obviously put performances together. I don't want to come to a conclusion and say our batting is our strength or our bowling is our strength. As a team, we're still figuring it out. We haven't put a collective effort together yet, obviously, the results haven't shown that yet, but the more games we play as a unit, we're going to figure it out and we're close to crossing the line and actually figuring it out what is our strength as a team," Pooran addressed the press on the eve of the final ODI.

Pooran stated that the West Indies are still reeling after bitter defeats in the first two ODIs, but he believes his team can rally and prevent a 3-0 whitewash.

"The guys are obviously hurt. Those two losses obviously hurt us a lot but that's another game and that's another experience and another opportunity for us to learn. This game keeps teaching us different things and I'm just happy that we've had that experience. It's difficult to obviously lose, I'm disappointed, but that's where the learning takes place and as a group, we understand that and we know that for a fact that it's our time now," he added.

"I keep telling winning and losing is contagious and at the moment in ODI cricket we're losing and we're finding ways to lose games, but in terms of the confidence level, all the guys are ready for the challenge again. We're ready to come out there and put our hearts and souls out there and perform together as a team," Pooran continued.