West Indies tri-series 2013: Five reasons why India will defeat the West Indies

1. Counter-Attacking batting

The Indian openers have the capability to take the game away from the opposition in the early overs

The Indian batsmen have been subdued in the previous two games and have failed to acclimatize to the slowness of the surfaces. The inability to get off to a healthy start puts the middle order in a rut. It will be be the responsibility of the opening pair of Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma to give the likes of Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik and Suresh Raina a platform to build upon. They should gauge the pace of the pitch for the first couple of overs and exhibit a bit of aggression after that in order to unsettle the bowler’s line and length. Shikhar Dhawan has the aptitude for that kind of batting. A burst of runs in the first ten overs and India will be on the road of recovery.