Port-of-Spain (Trinidad), May 12 West Indies captain Brian Lara has said his side was looking to build up a winning sequence ahead of the one-day cricket series against India starting next week.

Lara said his team would look to win the remaining two one-dayers against Zimbabwe as it would serve as a confidence booster before they locked horns with Rahul Dravid's men.

"Whatever we can get out of this series will be good for us, I don't think we need to take a step backwards now," the 37-year-old batting genius said.

"I think confidence is the most important (thing) for this West Indies team during this period of time. Our backs have been against the wall, we've lost a lot of matches both in Test and One-Day cricket. Whoever we play against, we have to win, building up a type of winning sequence is important for us." West Indies have an unassailable 4-0 lead over Zimbabwe after the third game of the seven-match series was abandoned in Guyana because of adverse weather conditions last Saturday.

India, ranked No. 3 in both Tests and ODIs, are expected to pose a stronger challenge but Lara sounded confident about his team turning the tables on the opposition.

"The guys know we can compete and we can beat India. We have done that in the past in India and in the West Indies," Lara was quoted as saying in 'Jamaica Observer' today.

"So it is just a matter of getting mentally ready and... getting the confidence up," he said. PTI