Lara pulled no punches in his post-match comments

Lara promised to "revisit" his decision to lead the team following their defeat by India in the fourth Test at Jamaica, which also decided the series.

He also revealed that he learned on the eve of the game that he had been made a selector for the series at the end of May, but had not been told about it.

"I'm totally blanked on certain situations," the 37-year-old said.

News conference: West Indies captain Brian Lara

News conference: India captain Rahul Dravid

"It did not affect my mood going into this Test match. I knew that I had a job to do, but these little inefficiencies are not becoming of a team or a board that wants to move forward."

Lara was appointed captain for the third time in April when Shivnarine Chanderpaul stepped down after a dismal 13-month spell in charge which saw West Indies lose 10 out of 14 Tests and 14 out of 16 one-day internationals.

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The change appeared to have a galvanising effect on the team who won a one-day series against Zimbabwe 5-0 and then beat India 4-1.

But Lara was frustrated by a number of decisions during the Test series.

"I said in the press conference after (the second Test in) St Lucia that in hindsight, the spinner should have played, yet two days later he was dropped from the entire 14.

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"How do you work these things out? You had seven batsmen - all of a sudden, you have eight. What do you need eight for," he said.

He also requested extra firepower for the third Test, but selectors Joey Carew, Gordon Greenidge and Clyde Butts ignored his plea to call up either Tino Best or Jermaine Lawson.

Lara summed up the situation in a couple of sentences, with the second significantly left open ended.

"It's painful what has gone on in the past couple of months, not just the Test matches, but (also) the one-day matches.

"I have West Indies cricket at heart, but if it's a situation where my reputation is being dragged down...." he said.