Captain Carl Hooper, who was left high and dry and 76 not out as the West Indies folded for an inadequate 186 in Wednesday's defeat at Kensington Oval, revealed the in-form Shivnarine Chanderpaul may be promoted from his No.6 spot for the decisive back-to-back limited overs internationals in Trinidad and Tobago, tomorrow and Sunday.

Guyanese Chanderpaul, who was the Player-of-the-Series for his 562 runs, studded with three centuries, in the preceding Test rubber, which the Windies won 2-1, has been used in the opening position or at No.3 in past One-Day Internationals for the West Indies.

"Definitely, we'll have to sit down and have a look at the batting line-up," Hooper said.

"Consideration must be given to Chanderpaul who is in the form of his life. When you've got a guy playing that well you have to give him every opportunity to get to the crease as quickly as possible," Hooper reasoned.

"We have to find the best spot to slot him in so that he can maximise the sort of form he's in. I think batting at number six is probably not giving him the opportunity to go out there and do what he's got to do," Hooper contended.

"We'll certainly look at the batting order for the next game and might shuffle it around a little bit," added Hooper.

When the Indians last toured the Caribbean in 1997, Chanderpaul opened the innings with Stuart Williams in the limited overs matches and hit an unbeaten 109 in a record, even double-century opening partnership as the Windies beat the visitors by ten wickets in a lop-sided match here.

The 35-year-old Hooper, who has also been in a rich vein of form in the Test series when he was the leading batsman on both teams with 579 runs, inclusive of a career-best 233 and two other hundreds, blamed the batting for the defeat, which has given India an important 1-0 lead.

"We just didn't bat well, certainly there were not any devils in the wicket. It was a good wicket, we should have batted a bit better -- maybe 250-odd. We could have tried to defend that but I think we just didn't bat well enough," Hooper said.

"It was obviously a lack of patience because it’s only 50 overs. When you watch the dismissals you got guys getting a start -- 10-15 -- and then just picking a fielder out. We've been stressing the importance during the Test series that once you get in you've got to bat through," Hooper remarked.

"We have been stressing in the one-dayers that one of the top three have got to bat through, it's very, very important," he added.

"I think after the top-order not batting through and then myself and (Ramnaresh) Sarwan getting a partnership together, it was disappointing to lose Sarwan when we did because we started to actually put something together.

"But that started the rut, nobody after Sarwan managed to hang in there and it was difficult to get partnerships together," Hooper lamented.

Despite the small target set by the West Indies, Hooper felt the bowlers did not pull the choke.

"After scoring 186 when we went out there, the bowlers just looked flat. I don't know. It's probably the high of the Test match and then getting a few days off, putting your legs up and kind of losing momentum," Hooper said.

"This is something we've got to learn from. As professional cricketers you've got to learn to turn it on when it matters," Hooper declared.

"Today (Wednesday) was a key game because we've only got two in Trinidad and we don't know how the weather is going to be. We desperately wanted to win today (Wednesday) but I just don't think we turned up to play cricket," Hooper said.

Hooper admitted that left-arm pacer Pedro Collins, who was late withdrawal because of a bout of influenza, would have been in the starting line-up.

"I would've played Pedro if he was fit. He woke up this morning not feeling well since last night. It was unfortunate for us. We certainly would have played an extra bowler but wanted to give Ryan Hinds and Gareth Breese a chance to prove their worth to the selectors because everyone is kind of fine-tuning their team for the World Cup," noted Hooper.