West Indian Coach Ottis Gibson expects tough fight against India
The West Indies head coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ottis-Delroy-Gibson-c80358, has termed the upcoming five match One Day International (ODI) series beginning form 6 June, 2011 against world champions India, to be a tough contest as compared to their series against Pakistan, which the home
side lost 3-2.
“We had mixed results against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 but we expect a tougher challenge from India, especially as they are the world champions. They would not be coming here as any pushovers, we’ve got to take the fight to them and ensure we come out victorious”, said
Gibson.
Admitting that his batsmen have not been up to the international standards, the West Indies coach said, “ I know some of the batsmen have been making good strides in the nets with (batting coach) http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Desmond-Leo-Haynes-c53859, but it’s only when they go out in the middle
that they have to produce the goods”.
Ottis, told journalists that the national selectors were experimenting with the idea of forming a national side with a blend of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Young-c98322 and old and so far the results were encouraging. He expected the coming months to show even better results, regarding the
formulation of a befitting West Indian side.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Richard-Griffith-c41953 names, the side is adamant on thrashing the hosts in the ODI and three Test match series.
Players such as batting maestro, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yuvraj-Singh-c98364,
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739 will also be staying back home because of injuries.
With major players out of the squad, India has surely had a cut in its strength, which could be exploited by the home side in the upcoming tour.
In the absence of Dhoni, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SK-Raina-c2539, who exhibited some extraordinary batting talents during the IPL – 4, playing for Champions Chennai Super Kings, will lead the national side.
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