Kingston, June 29 (IANS) West Indies captain Chris Gayle praised fast bowlers Ravi Rampaul and Jerome Taylor for setting up the second one-day international cricket match for the hosts against India here Sunday.
Rampaul (4-37) and Taylor (3-35) were destructive with the new ball and bowled out India for 188 runs. Gayle (64) and Runako Morton (85) then blasted 101 runs for the first wicket as West Indies achieved the target in 34.1 overs with eight wickets in hand.
Gayle said it was nice to square the series with a good all-round performance.
'Rampaul and Taylor set the game for us and from now on we will look to go strength to strength. There was moisture in the wicket and Taylor and Ravi utilised it well, and the catching was also good, so we just need to keep working on our game,' said Gayle.
Rampaul said he is delighted with his superb display against India. The 24-year-old was also adjudged the Man-of-the-Match.
'It was the best I have bowled for a long time. I was playing four-day cricket and coming back to one-day, my rhythm and everything went well - today I bowled really well,' Rampaul said.
Rampaul said that he was surprised to see Indian batsmen playing loose shots.
'I was getting a little swing with the ball so I was just waiting for them to play the rash shots,' he said.
Rampaul also said that he was well aware of Indian batsmen's weakness against short-pitched deliveries.
'They weren't too comfortable with the short balls so I used it as a surprise delivery,' Rampaul said.
