India, Oct. 8 -- West Indies captain Shai Hope says his side became a "bit chaotic" in pursuit of a big total in the first T20 International against India here and its failure to read the conditions properly was the primary reason for the eight-wicket loss in the series-opener.

Hope said that while playing against a quality opposition like India, the Caribbeans needed to be ruthless, which they weren't on Tuesday. The visitors were dismissed for 170 in 19.1 overs and India overhauled the total in 14.4 overs thanks to skipper Shreyas Iyer's maiden T20I hundred.

"I thought that we were a little bit chaotic in the back end. Felt as though we were trying to score 270 or 280 at some stage, you know, we just had to play the situation of the g...