Kingston: India captain Rahul Dravid hailed his team after they completed their first Test series triumph in the Caribbean in 35 years with a 49-run victory over the West Indies in the fourth Test on Sunday.
After setting the West Indies a target of 269, India dismissed the hosts for 219 with eight balls left on the third day to snatch the series by a 1-0 margin.
"It was a team effort. Everyone in the team contributed at various stages," Dravid said. "Our seam attack was brilliant throughout the series. Our spinners were brilliant throughout the series. Everyone chipped in at various stages and made a contribution to this win."
Dravid, on his third trip to the Caribbean, won the man of the match award for scores of 81 and 68 on a difficult pitch and was adjudged man of the series for an aggregate of 496 runs.
"Winning the series is the most important thing," he said. "We played the better cricket right from the first Test after the first two days. It's nice that it all bore fruit in the end and we won the series."
Dravid also described the pace attack, that comprised Munaf Patel, S Sreesanth, VRV Singh and Irfan Pathan as the best Indian seam attack he had seen in a long time.
"They bowled well throughout this series. I have seen fine spells in my career, but this is the best I have seen throughout a series since 1996 when I saw Javagal Srinath and Venkatesh Prasad bowl well in England," he said.
"They are young and inexperienced, yet they did it. Patel and Sreesanth played most of the games here. Singh also did well and Pathan did well when he played."
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