India vs West Indies, 3rd T20I: West Indies Should Not Feel Disgraced, Says Skipper Kieron Pollard After Series Loss

They might have been handed a 0-3 clean sweep in the T20I series but West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard said his team shouldn't feel disgraced as the scoreline is not an indication of the fight put up by them during the three-match rubber against India. Suryakumar Yadav came up with an explosive 65 and was backed up by a spirited bowling effort by the seamers as West Indies fell short by 17 runs in their chase of 185 in the final T20I on Sunday.

"Yes we lost 3-0 but the guys put their hands up and gave a good account of themselves. I don't think we should be disgraced by what has taken place," Pollard said in the post-match virtual media interaction.

"We are not happy losing, let me put that on record. It's not like that at all. We are trying to win cricket games," he added.

West Indies had their best chance to level the series in the second T20I with Rovman Powell and Nicholas Pooran slamming explosive fifties in a 100-run partnership.

But India fought back with Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowling a tight penultimate over as West Indies fell short by just eight runs.

"It just goes to show the fine line in International cricket between winning and losing, and the margins for error -- when you are bowling or batting," Pollard said.

"Executing in the backend is something we need to work on. From a bowling perspective, for the first 15 overs of this game, we had India right where we wanted them to be," he said.

"Right through the series, it was just a matter of finishing off the games in the back-end. From a batting perspective, 157, 180 (178) and 170 (167) we did fairly decently," he added.

The biggest positive for the West Indies have been the return to form of wicketkeeper-batter Nicholas Pooran who slammed three halfcenturies on