Roston Chase says West Indies can use defeat in Delhi as 'stepping stone' to improve

The Caribbean outfit put in a much improved performance with Shai Hope and John Campbell hitting centuries in the second innings after being asked to follow-on.

The tourists eventually fell to a seven-wicket loss but it was a far cry from the innings defeat in the first Test.

Chase said after the game: "I think this is a stepping stone, a building step for us to go forward and improve as a Test-playing nation.

"This is a performance that I think will give us the confidence and boost us in terms of that belief that we can do it against proper Test-playing nations.

"I just want to see the guys continue in this vein and don't let us go back to those ways. Even if it's for us to lose, we have to lose in a good way.

"In a positive way, where we can have a lot of positives coming out of the game."

West Indies' next Test match is in December against New Zealand and Chase is hoping his side will climb up the table in the World Test Championship.

He added: "I think that we had a chat and this first year in the cycle, we always know it was going to be tough with opposition like Australia, India and then we go to New Zealand.

"But I think that once we learn from what we've done in those series and take it into the next year where we have guys like Sri Lanka and Pakistan, guys that we are closer to in the rankings, I think that we can be more competitive against those once we learn from these games."

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