<p>Stylish batsman Ajinkya Rahane, who has been named the vice-captain for India's upcoming tour of the West Indies, said he enjoys taking responsibilities and the new role will help him to improve his performance.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"I had toured the West Indies as part of India A around 3-4 years back, at that time the wickets were little slow. In international cricket, there will be different wickets. I have heard there is good bounce and pace in Barbados, Jamaica," Rahane told PTI in an interaction here.<br /><br />"At the same time, I feel the wickets may be spin-friendly. We will get the idea of the wickets once we go there. But it is an exciting tour in the West Indies. We are going with a young Test team. We have done well recently and so we are looking forward to the tour," he added.<br /><br />Talking about his new role as a vice-captain, Rahane said: "As a vice-captain there will be responsibilities and I like to take responsibilities. When I toured Zimbabwe as a captain, I learned a lot from my team-mates, it was a good experience and we had won in Zimbabwe.<br /><br />"There is certainly a sense of responsibility when going to West Indies. I enjoy taking responsibilities and I will learn new things from this team and it will be important how I go ahead step by step," said Rahane, who was given the Ceat Special Award at a ceremony here.<br /><br />Asked if being a vice-captain would affect his batting, he said: "All these things are in the mind and how you think about such things is important and I don't think that captaincy and vice-captaincy make any difference on batting.<br /><br />"As a captain or a vice-captain, I can give my more than my best because there is responsibility. When you represent the country, your mindset is completely different. This will help to improve my performance," he added.<br /><br />Rahane also said that he will look to pick the brains of Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar before the West Indies tour in July-August.<br /><br />"Whenever they (Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar) are available, I try and converse with them about each tours. Before going to West Indies, if I can meet them, I will ask them about their experience, conditions and what kind of cricket is played there. If they are available, I will like to speak to them," he said.<br /><br />Terming the BCCI's decision to play day-night cricket in Duleep Trophy as "good", Rahane said the board has taken the decision considering what will happen in the future.<br /><br />"Playing Duleep Trophy under lights will give a better idea about how conditions change. Conditions in the afternoon are different than what it is in night and how much dew make a difference, all these factors can be gauged." <br /><br /><br /></p>
<p>Stylish batsman Ajinkya Rahane, who has been named the vice-captain for India's upcoming tour of the West Indies, said he enjoys taking responsibilities and the new role will help him to improve his performance.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"I had toured the West Indies as part of India A around 3-4 years back, at that time the wickets were little slow. In international cricket, there will be different wickets. I have heard there is good bounce and pace in Barbados, Jamaica," Rahane told PTI in an interaction here.<br /><br />"At the same time, I feel the wickets may be spin-friendly. We will get the idea of the wickets once we go there. But it is an exciting tour in the West Indies. We are going with a young Test team. We have done well recently and so we are looking forward to the tour," he added.<br /><br />Talking about his new role as a vice-captain, Rahane said: "As a vice-captain there will be responsibilities and I like to take responsibilities. When I toured Zimbabwe as a captain, I learned a lot from my team-mates, it was a good experience and we had won in Zimbabwe.<br /><br />"There is certainly a sense of responsibility when going to West Indies. I enjoy taking responsibilities and I will learn new things from this team and it will be important how I go ahead step by step," said Rahane, who was given the Ceat Special Award at a ceremony here.<br /><br />Asked if being a vice-captain would affect his batting, he said: "All these things are in the mind and how you think about such things is important and I don't think that captaincy and vice-captaincy make any difference on batting.<br /><br />"As a captain or a vice-captain, I can give my more than my best because there is responsibility. When you represent the country, your mindset is completely different. This will help to improve my performance," he added.<br /><br />Rahane also said that he will look to pick the brains of Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar before the West Indies tour in July-August.<br /><br />"Whenever they (Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar) are available, I try and converse with them about each tours. Before going to West Indies, if I can meet them, I will ask them about their experience, conditions and what kind of cricket is played there. If they are available, I will like to speak to them," he said.<br /><br />Terming the BCCI's decision to play day-night cricket in Duleep Trophy as "good", Rahane said the board has taken the decision considering what will happen in the future.<br /><br />"Playing Duleep Trophy under lights will give a better idea about how conditions change. Conditions in the afternoon are different than what it is in night and how much dew make a difference, all these factors can be gauged." <br /><br /><br /></p>