Jason Holder has urged his batsmen to be decisive with their footwork © Getty

Jason Holder has expressed his desire to bat in the top order but feels the bowling workload has prevented him from making the move. West Indies need stability in the top and there are serious concerns with the top order not delivering consistently. In the second innings of the first Test against India, West Indies slipped to 50 for 9 in 20 overs with top five falling with just 50 on the board.

"It's something that I've obviously been wanting to do for a long time. It's just been a team composition - I've been asked to bowl a lot of overs, that's primarily my role, just trying to keep the run flow down," Holder said. "I've had a lot of success with the ball as well, having to bowl 20-30 overs and then come out and bat high has been difficult. If we can ease the burden off myself and get people like Roston Chase [to bowl longer], then I'd be able to give a little bit more attention to my batting."

The West Indies captain also urged his batsmen to be decisive with their footwork. "I think we got to be decisive with our footwork, decisive with our shot selection - if we are going to play or if we are going to leave. That's just standard cricket. We just got to be a little bit more certain with what we are looking to do and back our defences, trust our preparation that we had and just fight through the tough periods." he pointed out.

With a loss in the bag already, West Indies will look to bounce back in the World Test Championship and bag crucial points. Holder hoped his batsmen can play long and tire out India before they come in to bat.

"The starts have been crucial for us. We have had guys get in and get out, so it's just a matter for us to stay a little bit longer in our game plan and be a little bit more patient as well and wear the Indian bowlers down. We saw a little bit in the second innings after a spell or two they tend to be a little jaded. So just to keep them a little bit more on their feet as possible and here in Jamaica it tends to be very hot and humid as well, so the longer we keep them on their feet, the better off we will be."

Thought my 10th hundred was really special - Rahane

Meanwhile, India are unlikely to make any changes to their playing XI and that will mean Rohit Sharma will have to sit out again, with Hanuma Vihari and Ajinkya Rahane doing well in the first Test.

"Vihari did very well in India A tours and he did really well in the domestic circuit," Rahane said. "It's good that players who actually did consistently well over a period of time in domestic cricket are doing well at the international level. At the same time Rohit is also a quality player, a special player - it's hard to see him miss out on a Test match."

Rahane also shrugged off poor form with his 10th Test century and was instrumental in getting India to a decent first innings score after the visitors were reduced to 25 for 3 on the first morning.

"We were under pressure [in the first innings]. I thought West Indies bowled really well in that session, throughout that day. It was an opportunity for me to do something special for my team [he scored 81]. I think because of the situation I wasn't thinking about myself because it was important to get that partnership going - one player has to stay and bat and we knew that. I thought it was something special for me personally as well because we knew we were in a difficult position at that point of time and happily we did really well and came back strongly from that point," he said.

"[In the second innings] I knew that [106-run] partnership with Virat was very crucial. And basically, because of that team thinking, the pressure was completely off. And really special getting that hundred after two years.

"I was a little bit emotional. I thought 10th hundred was really special. I wasn't thinking about any particular celebration, it came out automatically. It took me two years to get that 10th hundred. As I said the process always matters to me a lot. Preparations before each and every series is very important. I was actually doing that throughout the two years, and so [this hundred] was really special," Rahane said.