India have never won back-to-back ODIs in West Indies. What’s keeping the jinx intact? SportsCenter's Ash’ar Khan finds out.

India are in the West Indies not only trying to get back to their winning ways but also to break their dubious record in the Caribbean.

India made a rare winning start on an overseas tour by winning the opening one-day international against the West Indies.

They have however remained consistent with their dubious record of never having won back-to-back ODIs in the Caribbean for the last two and a half decades.

Announcing their arrival with a match-winning 300-plus score in the opener at the Sabina Park, MS Dhoni's men lost the next encounter by eight wickets at the same ground.

"Beating West Indies on their home ground has always been difficult. They understand their strengths and weaknesses in home grounds and play to their strength. I thought this India side can break the jinx since they have beaten New Zealand in New Zealand, Australia in Australia and Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka in the past one year. They can do well in West Indies as well, but it will be very difficult," said Lalchand Rajput, former coach, India.

India won their first one dayer in the West Indies in 1983 by 27 runs but lost the next by seven wickets. They even managed a 10-wicket win in 1997 under Sachin Tendulkar's captaincy, but were beaten by 18 runs in the subsequent match. The closest they got to winning a back-to-back match was in 2006, when they lost the second one dayer by a solitary run after making a winning start to the tour.

"India have been world beaters for the past one year, with the exception being the ICC World Twenty20 in England. With both the sides leveled 1-1 in the four-match ODI series, now there is no margin for error for MS Dhoni's depleted side if it wants to rewrite history by winning consecutive matches in the Caribbean," former India cricketer Nikhil Chopra said.

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