Mumbai: 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 role will help him to improve his performance.

"I had toured the West Indies as part of India A around three-four years back. At that time, the wickets were a little slow. In international cricket, there will be different wickets. I have heard there is good bounce and pace in Barbados and Jamaica," Rahane said on Monday.

"At the same time, I feel the wickets may be spin-friendly. We will get an 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.

Rahane said that he would look to pick the brains of Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar before the West Indies tour. "Whenever they are available, I try and converse with them about each tours.

"Before going to the West Indies, if I can meet them, I will ask them about their experience, the conditions there and what kind of cricket is played there. If they are available, I would like to speak to them," he said.

Talking about his role as vice-captain, Rahane said: "For a vice-captain, there will be responsibilities. And I would like to take more responsibility.

"When I toured Zimbabwe as a captain, I learnt a lot from my teammates. It was a good experience and we had won in Zimbabwe.

"There is certainly a sense of responsibility when going to the 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.

Asked if being a vice-captain would affect his batting, he said: "All these things are in the mind and how you think about them is important. I don't think captaincy or vice-captaincy can make any difference on batting.

"As a captain or a vice-captain, I will give my more than my best because there is greater responsibility. When you represent the country, your mindset is completely different," he added.

Terming the BCCI's decision to play Day/Night cricket in Duleep Trophy as a good one, Rahane said the Board has taken the decision keeping in mind the future.