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India's captain Suresh Raina thought on Thursday his side was now well-placed to win their one-day international series next to West Indies.
India take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series, after half-centuries from Virat Kohli and Parthiv Patel follow up Amit Mishra's career-best bowling to direct them to a seven-wicket victory in the rain-affected second ODI on Wednesday.
Chasing a revise target of 183 in 37 overs due to the rain, after West Indies made 240 for nine from their 50 overs, India reach the target with 20 balls residual, and Raina earned high praise for setting things up.
"We were pregnant to chase something around 260 or 270, but I believe the credit has to go to Mishra, he bowled actually well," he said.
He added: "At the same time, Munaf gave us breakthrough at vital times, and Virat and Parthiv batted very well in the chase. I think it is very important for us to keep things very simple, particularly for the next three games."
"We know we had to do well, and when you are playing 50 overs-a-side games, you have to know your strength, and then you can play your natural game, and enjoy yourself," Raina said.
West Indies captain Darren Sammy was satisfied with the "positive intent" his batsmen showed against India's spinners.
He admits however, they still had not gotten things right just yet and there was still much work to be done.
"We got ourselves in a good position, but we didn't capitalize in the end, and again were about 30 runs short," he said.
Sammy sustained: "We lost wickets at decisive times during the game, so we were on the back foot in the latter part of the overs. The intent from the batsmen was good initially."
The third ODI will be played on Saturday at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in Antigua.
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