Poor shot selection cost us the match: Raina

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Indian captain Suresh Raina has said poor shot selection saw the visitors losing the fourth ODI against the West Indies by 103 runs at the Vivian Richards Stadium here on Monday.

Raina said the failure to build partnerships cost them the match. Chasing a target of 250, India were all out for 146 in 39 overs and gave the West Indies their first win the series. India lead the five-match series 3-1.

“There was no partnership. Batsmen have to be there when chasing a total like 240-245. And the West Indies played well in the batting powerplay. Our shot selection was wrong, we had no partnerships. Rohit (Sharma) was there but I and Yusuf (Pathan) got out at that time,” Raina said.

The 24-year-old captain, however, credited the West Indies with batting well. “Credit to the Windies for batting well. But we did not bat well at all, to be honest,” Raina said.