West Indies captain Jason Holder on Thursday (January 31) urged his team to be grounded and focused following their historic win in Barbados, as they are gearing up to win the three-match Test series against England at Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium in Antigua.

The hosts stunned England by winning the first Test by 381 runs and are heading into the second Test to be played from Thursday with high confidence, and Holder has urged his players to focus on the job and forget the Barbados victory, as they have golden chance to register a straight second win in Antigua.

However, Holder admitted that the Caribbean side is still the underdogs in front of second-ranked Test side England, therefore, the hosts have their feet firmly on the ground and hold their chances to seal a rare Test series win against the Lions at home.

Holder said at the pre-match conference, “It's great to be 1-0 up, but that's history. We are happy to be leading in the series but we have our feet firmly on the ground. We are not focusing on what happened before in Barbados. We are looking forward to this match and what we have ahead of us. It's a matter for us to move on and understand what we need to do. We speak about consistency in the dressing room and I think we've got to be hitting all three departments well every time we step on the field.”

The captain continued, “It's at the back of my mind. I just said to the guys, make sure we keep it out of our minds, make sure focus on what we need to do here - we need to get 20 wickets to win this game, we need to put up runs, and if we do that and hold our chances, we have a good chance. We're still ranked No. 8, England is No. 2 or 3, so we're definitely the underdogs.”

Meanwhile, Jason also asked his teammates to be more focused on the basics, consistency in all three departments and teamwork to register their first Test series win over England since 2009.

Holder signed off by saying, “It's a matter for us to continue to build the side. What's really encouraging is that we've seen glimpses that this team can perform, and beat top sides in the world. We've had personal success and it's good to see us bringing it a little bit more together as a side, so hopefully, we can continue in that vein and the guys continue to be hungry for success.”

(With Cricbuzz Inputs)