Jason Holder doesn't mind the fact that his team starts off this five-match ODI series against world No.1 ranked England as second favourites. West Indies captain has faith in his team's abilities, which shall see them put up a strong fight versus the numero uno opponent. 

"We're pretty confident coming into the game," said Holder ahead of the first ODI in Barbados on Wednesday, February 20, "We’ve obviously had some momentum from winning the Test series, and some good experience in the dressing room."

"We start this series as underdogs again, but that is not a bad tag to have – obviously less pressure on us and more pressure on them. We just have to go out there and play the cricket we want to play and execute the plans."

Actually, it is the welcome return of Chris Gayle, especially when a win in this year's ICC Cricket World Cup remains the bigger objective, that has filed Holder with a huge sense of belief. 

"We pack a pretty heavy punch when we're stacking up our team. A guy like Chris Gayle is coming back into the team, and we have Carlos Brathwaite at the back end. We all know what these guys can produce. I’m really excited by the challenge," he added. 

His team's focus may be shifting now the limited overs arena. But people continue to talk about West Indies' historic Test series win that just happened. 

Holder couldn't take the field for the third and final Test match in St. Lucia.  But he must be delighted to have inspired one of Caribbean's finest results in recent times prior to that game across Barbados and Antigua. 

The galvanizing skipper made a legendary double hundred in the first Test and picked up seven wickets at an average of less than 20 in four innings. 

"It was tough watching the Test in St Lucia, but I'm very hungry to get back on the park and looking forward to the challenge of carrying the team forward," he asserted. 

(Inputs from ICC)