Chase calls India series a steeping stone for the West Indies on the back of the fight and character shown in the 2nd innings.
Even though the West Indies lost by seven wickets to India in Delhi, Roston Chase noticed positive signals in their performance.
In 2025, Shai Hope and John Campbell scored their first two centuries for the West Indies. In both innings, the squad batted more than 80 overs, something they had not done all year. This improvement meant more was to come against a formidable Indian bowling attack that featured Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, and Kuldeep Yadav.
“Yeah, I think this is the kind of fight that I wanted to see from us, from matches before”, Chase said at the post-match press conference. “So, I think this is a stepping stone, a building step for us to go forward and improve as a Test-playing nation. This is a performance that I think will give us the confidence and boost us in terms of that belief that we can do it against proper Test-playing nations.
“I just want to see the guys continue in this vein and don’t let us go back to those ways. Even if it’s for us to lose, we have to lose in a good way. In a positive way, where we can have a lot of positives coming out of the game.”
Shamar Joseph and Alzarri Joseph, two of the West Indies’ top fast bowlers, were sidelined by injuries when they travelled to India. But in the end, they weren’t disappointed by the bowling. Chase realised that in order to earn their first points in this new World Test Championship cycle, his team needed to get better at batting.
“I think where we could improve mainly is our batting,” Chase said. “I think that’s what let us down for the last two series. I think we have a good bowling attack, we had a few injuries. I just think that once we can put good first-inning totals on the board, we will be able to fight for some wins in the Test Championship.”