India may look to avenge T20 loss: Gayle by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

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Player:	SR Tendulkar, V Sehwag, CH Gayle
Event:	India in West Indies 2009

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DateLine: 24th June 2009

 

West Indies skipper Chris Gayle believes revenge-thirsty India would come down hard on his team in the four match ODI series.

 

West Indies not only beat India in their first Super-Eight encounter of the Twenty20 World Cup but also exposed the famed Indian batting line-up's weakness against rising deliveries which was exploited well by England.

 

Gayle believes the side under Mahendra Singh Dhoni, however depleted, would seek to settle score in the four-match ODI series starting on Friday.

 

"We have a big game on Friday against India. We're all looking forward to it," Gayle said.

 

"India is always a good One Day team and they will be looking to beat us based on their Twenty20 disappointment," he added.

 

The left-handed swashbuckling opener also said that even though India would be without star batsmen Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag, the new bunch of players are still good enough to make life difficult for the hosts.

 

"Sehwag and Tendulkar are two world class players but they still have quality players to step up and they have a lot of experience in one day cricket.

 

"They still have quality players in Yuvraj (Singh), Harbhajan Singh, (Mahendra Singh) Dhoni, (Ishant) Sharma and a lot of guys to give us a lot of trouble," Gayle said.

 

"So it's not a situation where we will say it's a walkover. It's never a walkover against India," he added.