MIR­PUR, In­dia – Faced with a do or die sit­u­a­tion of win­ning the sec­ond One Day In­ter­na­tion­al against Bangladesh to keep the se­ries alive, West In­dies spin­ner Khary Pierre has called on his team­mates to quick­ly adapt to the spin­ner friend­ly wick­ets on the Asian sub-con­ti­nent.

Bangladesh leads the three-match se­ries 1-0 af­ter romp­ing to a com­pre­hen­sive 74-run vic­to­ry in the open­ing ODI on Sat­ur­day at the Shere Bangla Na­tion­al Sta­di­um.

The West In­dies were un­done by leg spin­ner Rishad Hos­sain, who claimed his maid­en five-wick­et haul in in­ter­na­tion­al crick­et and ca­reer-best fig­ures of 6-35.

Speak­ing dur­ing a pre-match press con­fer­ence on Mon­day, Pierre said it came as no sur­prise that the wick­ets in Bangladesh catered to spin­ners.

And with a sim­i­lar pitch ex­pect­ed for Tues­day’s sec­ond ODI, he said the West In­dies had to ad­just to the chal­leng­ing con­di­tions.

“Well, we see how the wick­et is play­ing so it’s chal­leng­ing, very spin­ner’s friend­ly…but hav­ing said that we as bats­men have to adapt and adapt quick­ly.

“We have a lot of great bats­men in our team but it’s just about adapt­ing. This is in­ter­na­tion­al crick­et so it’s go­ing to be tough, it’s go­ing to be chal­leng­ing, but we have to find a way,” Pierre said.

“…We have to play on any wick­et that is pro­vid­ed for us, and we have to adapt most im­por­tant­ly. It doesn’t mat­ter about the wick­et any­more, it’s about play­ing the game and play­ing the game the right way, adapt­ing to the con­di­tions.

“…We have to do what­ev­er it takes. We al­ready know the sit­u­a­tion, and we have to try and win the next two games,” he con­tend­ed.

Pierre said it was im­por­tant for the West In­dies’ spin­ners to re­strict the home side’s bat­ters.

He said stick­ing to the game plan and be­ing con­sis­tent was nec­es­sary, es­pe­cial­ly against a Bangladesh side that is dif­fi­cult to beat at home.

“Com­ing here and see­ing the wick­et, it is spin­ner’s friend­ly, so you want to put the balls in the right ar­eas, but it’s a lot of pres­sure if you don’t do well on these types of sur­faces, so I just try to keep it sim­ple and stick to my plans.

“I think once you put the balls in the right ar­eas and do not go wick­et hunt­ing, I think it will be most suit­able for the wick­et. From the time you want to go wick­et hunt­ing then you can leak runs,” Pierre said.

“Bangladesh has a lot of se­ries here sine 2011, so we have to come and adapt to the wick­et as bats­men and as a team and try and win the game.”

CMC