We can sting like a bee: Gayle by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

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Player:	CH Gayle, MS Dhoni
Event:	India in West Indies 2009

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DateLine: 20th June 2009

 

West Indies skipper Chris Gayle warned India that his side could "sting like a bee" in the ODI series starting next week in West Indies.

 

Following their one-sided ICC World Twenty20 semi-final defeat to Sri Lanka, Gayle mocked at Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's statement that India would look to compensate for their ICC World T20 debacle with series-win in the Caribbean.

 

"We might fly like butterflies but we can sting like a bee," said Gayle.

 

Dhoni, before leaving for West Indies, had vowed to bring cheer back to the Indian fans with a triumph in the four-match one-day series.

 

Dhoni again reiterated his desire in Kingston after his arrival at the Norman Mailey airport on Thursday.

 

"In 20/20, once you lose the initiative at the start, it's very difficult to come back. So that's one big difference when it comes to T20 and 50-over cricket," said Dhoni.

 

"The team that plays consistent cricket over the series will come out as winners. We have to play consistent cricket and I think that will be the key for us," he said.

 

Both the skippers though had similar views when it came to the reaction by fans after their respective side lost out.

 

"I hope this place in the semi-finals would bring the smile back on the face of our fans. Though let me tell you they are very hard to please and want us to win all the time. I can only say to our fans: keep supporting and stop cursing," said Gayle.

 

Dhoni also had stated more than once about the emotional nature of millions of Indian cricket fans.

 

"Our fans are very emotional. They don't take to defeat lightly. (After defeat), if they don't boo then that would be abnormal. When we lost the 2007 World Cup, they even did my antim sanskar (last rites)," Dhoni had said.