Calcutta/Perth: Former West Indies captain Darren Sammy said his team would really need to perform out of their skins to beat India in the group league encounter of the ICC World Cup at the Waca on Friday.

'It's another cricket match but India are playing well at the moment. You give each and every opponent the respect that they deserve. We have always had good matches against India and we have to bring out our A game to beat India... We must be at our best,' Sammy said during the West Indies practice session at the Murdoch University Sports Oval on Tuesday.

The West Indies have lost two matches against Ireland and South Africa but Sammy stressed on the need for the seniors in the team to rally around young captain Jason Holder in trying situations.

Asked how it has been like to play under Holder, Sammy said: 'It's been good. We all must support him (Holder). He didn't put himself in that situation (being made the captain). I have also been in his situation before. It's World Cup and we have to support young Jason.'

'It's been tough coming into the World Cup after the South Africa tour. Jason has shown that he is a strong character and strong characters always come back stronger. It's our duty to support him and help him through the tough times as cricket is a team sport. Every member should come together to perform for the team,' he added.

Sammy admitted that there's been lack of consistency as far as West Indies' bowling is concerned.

Asked about the problem areas, he said: 'I think it's about being inconsistent. We haven't created enough pressure on the opponents when we bowl. In the games when we get it right, we compete with best in the world. We have to maintain proper line and length and bowl the yorkers at the death. We have to come up with a plan to minimize the damage that can be done at the back-end of the innings.'

Sammy was quick to dismiss theories that West Indies' pull-out from the India series will have an impact on Friday's match.

'We have to put that thing behind us. I have said many times, what happened in India should not have happened as it robbed an opportunity from two teams which enjoy playing against each other. I don't think that will affect us here as this is a World Cup match. We will treat it as another match and hopefully get points needed to qualify for the knock-out stages,' said the all-rounder.

Waca strip is one of the bounciest in the world and Sammy expects the bowling unit to make full use of the conditions. 'Any fast bowler would be excited to bowl at the Waca as it is one of the quickest wickets in the world. Having said that, our quick bowlers shouldn't think that they would just come and blast the batsmen out. They have to put the ball in right areas. That's what we are planning to do,' Sammy said.

Sammy said that there will be plans in place for both Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan .

'We study all players. We have their footages. Courtesy technology, you can get footage from any position and we will come up with a plan. It's all good to have plans but main thing is to execute them. That would be our focus.'