Dhoni: Bowlers key in Barbados

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni believes that his pace bowlers will hold the key on a fast and bouncier wicket at the Kensington Oval in Barbados.

India head into the second of the three-Test series in Bridgetown, Barbados - a venue they have never won a Test at - tomorrow having claimed a 63-run win in last week's opener in Kingston, Jamaica.

West Indies lost their final seven wickets for just 114 runs on the fourth day at Sabina Park as India's bowlers took charge, but to achieve a repeat of that success in the second Test Dhoni has warned his attack they will need to make some alterations.

"It's important that pacers adapt themselves for a wicket with more bounce, they need to bowl fuller to get bowled and lbw dismissals," he said on NDTV.

"Length will be the absolute key."

He added in The Hindu newspaper: "The ball will be coming onto the bat and the bowlers will need to bowl in the right areas. Otherwise, the game can get away from you in half a session.

"Scoring was a lot harder in the first Test where the surface had inconsistent bounce."

With that in mind, India could opt to bring fast bowler Munaf Patel into their side, utilising three pacemen and one spinner.

Regarding India's lack of success at the Kensington Oval, Dhoni said: "We will try to start something that has not been started. We will stick to the basics. We have been practising quite hard, putting in that extra effort."

Dhoni also admits there are still areas his side need to improve on, despite their ultimately convincing victory in the first Test.

One of them is to be more clinical in getting rid of tail-enders after seeing West Indies add 74 runs for the final two wickets in Kingston.

"It is a longer format and you do not want to make too many errors on the field. We also need to get rid of the tail quickly. The last wicket pair batted for a longer period than what we would have liked on the fourth day of the first Test," Dhoni said.

West Indies have made one change to the squad that lost the first Test, omitting out-of-form vice-captain Brendan Nash and replacing him with uncapped 26-year-old Kirk Edwards.

Nash made scores of just one and nine in the first Test and contributed only 44 runs in four innings against Pakistan in May.

"It is clear that Brendan has been struggling for form for some time and we want to give him a chance to take some time away from international cricket and work on his game," said Clyde Butts, chairman of the selection committee.

"Brendan is a mentally tough cricketer and we are sure that he will be able to overcome the challenges he is now facing and come back strong."