India VS WI: Ian Bishop considers West Indies intent to go in the right direction in the T20

In their last T20I series against England, India intended to attack from the first ball. "What was pleasing to see in that England (T201) series was the high level of intent from the top-order.", said Ian Bishop. Their intent was the primary factor in their victory, where they also got a chance to experiment with Rishabh Pant for the potential future opener.

Ian Bishop advocated numerous views regarding intent and playing combination for West Indies to make the mark in international T20 matches and the ICC T20 World Cup. West Indies has already been hit with the retirement of many of its dangerous players, but according to him, the team can still get their formidable line-up back that has the potential to win the World cup.

Kieron Pollard, Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, and Lendl Simmons have all moved on from international Cricket. All the responsibilities are now on the shoulders of current captain Nicholas Pooran and Rovman Powell. Other batters for West Indies are under fitness questions,

Ian Bishop: "The area, of course, will be the focus on their batting because they have lost a number of great players. Kieron Pollard has retired from international Cricket, Dwayne Bravo, and Lendl Simmons, guys who have won World Cups. I don't know the status of Andre Russell and whether he will be available. From the West Indies' point of view, they need to get Shimron Hetmyer back, fit and firing. If they can get Hetmyer, who I think is an outstanding white ball player and is still learning his game in red-ball if he chooses to continue playing it."

"If they get Evin Lewis back, I don't know what his status is. But when you add those two guys into the mix with Nicholas Pooran at his best, with someone like Rovman Powell, then you can mix someone like Romario Shepherd or Odean Smith as they develop. It's quite a deep batting line-up with Akeal Hosein or even Gudakesh Motie and Hayden Walsh Jr."

He added, "In the bowling alley, you have Alzarri Joseph, who hasn't played yet. But he will come into contention. I believe that the West Indies are building in the right direction with their T20 game. Whether they have enough time on their hands to be at peak form by the time T20 World Cup comes along, time will tell, but I think they are slowly building in the right direction."

West Indies will now be playing a five-match T20I series against India from today. This series gives a big stage with a chance to work on the combination and compete against one of the best teams in the world. 

It'll be a game on who comes out with a stronger intent to attack.