West Indies captain Darren Sammy hasno qualms in conceding that India would be odds-on favouritesin tomorrow's World Twenty20 semifinal clash but insists thathis side would be no pushover in what seems like a "David vsGoliath contest".
"I think it is 80-20 to India, so it feels like David vsGoliath contest but people tend to forget David won the fight,so it's something similar to that," said Sammy on the eve ofthe clash here.
"We haven't played the perfect game yet. We are stressingon rotation of strike. It is clear that we are a big boundary-hitting team. We look at the dot-ball percentage, probably itis 40-50 per cent for us, and we could improve on that. Sofar, we have bowled really well in the tournament and on a fewoccasions, one batsman has taken responsibility," he said.
Although Sammy admitted that star India batsman ViratKohli would be a big factor in tomorrow's game, but having theworld's "best T20 cricketer" in Chris Gayle does even out thescales to an extent.
"...have you ever heard of Chris Gayle?" he asked, adding"There's no taking away from Virat, he's a very good player,but like I've said in my press conferences, we tend to focuson what we could do in our dressing room.
"Like we've shown throughout the tournament once weexecute our plans right we've won the games. When we've not,we've lost. So it's going to be a hell of a game, it's goingto be 15 West Indies players versus 78,000, plus billions ofIndians.
"Yes, it's a challenge we're ready to face, We all knowthat India is always difficult at home, but main focus in ourdressing room is doing what we do best," he said.
In the run-up to the World T20, the West Indies playershad a pay dispute with their cricket board, which was resolvedjust in time, but Sammy said there was a total lack of supportfor his team from the region's cricket authorities.
"The lack of respect for our T20 team. A lot has beensaid about this team and we as a group. But it just brought uscloser together," said the 34-year-old.
"I said it before, we have number of guys in 30s and wecame here in this tournament not playing a T20 in the calendaryear, where we saw lot of (things) against us. That reallybrought the team closer together.
"You've to see the way we've played. We think it's usagainst the world. That 15 players and the support staff, it'sjust us, our own new circle against the world and that's howwe've gone out and played."
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