Debutant left-handed batter Alick Athanaze showed some resistance and was looking like putting a price on his wicket before falling for 47 as India pocketed another session in their kitty by reducing West Indies to 137/8 in 58 overs at Tea on Day 1 of first Test at Windsor Park, here on Wednesday.
"I felt at a young age I wanted to give myself every opportunity to be successful. I wanted to be involved in everything on the field whether it was batting, bowling, keeping wicket, everything; keep myself active and involved in the game," said Holder.
The unbeaten innings of 60 runs by Jason Holder resisted the the inevitable and forced New Zealand into another day's play at the Basin Reserve.
Holder also gave an insight into how 'smaller' teams have been struggling around the world, financially, in the wake of COVID-19 crisis.
Chasing a humongous target of 399 runs, West Indies were reeling at 10/2 when the third day's play was called off at Old Trafford on Sunday.
England have gone on ahead in the first Test without Stuart Broad and Chris Woakes.
During the course of the interaction, Lara also labelled Holder's leadership as 'critical' and stated that it is not nice that Holder has not been handed the captaincy of the side for a prolonged duration.
Earlier Jason Holder had informed that West Indies would demonstrate their support to the Black Lives Matter movement during the first Test.
Holder gave examples of England pacer Jofra Archer who has faced racist abuse at home as well away Tests and Moeen Ali who also reportedly faced abuse from a section of the fans in 2014.
Holder stated that it is going to be a competitive series and it would not be advisable to consider them the underdogs in the series despite the English team.
