West Indies head coach Phil Simmons feels his team’s “best show” may not be enough to beat India in the series-decider but the outcome of the game won’t “influence” the direction the Caribbean outfit has taken under his guidance.
Simmons, a former player, was reappointed as West Indies coach in October.
“I think all the guys know we want to play our best tomorrow (on Sunday) and even though we play our best, we might not win,” Simmons said on the eve of the match.
The gulf between the two sides has progressively widened in the last decade or so as the West Indies, barring their 3-0 sweep over Afghanistan last month, have gone without a win in 16 bilateral ODI series since August 2014.
“The thing is we are trying to build something and the game tomorrow (on Sunday) does not influence the direction in which we are going... But we are trying to build something and will continue to be in direction we are going.”
However there’s a positivity in the camp with their top-ranked batsman in the ICC ODI rankings, Shai Hope in fine form along with Shimron Hetmyer.