'India in excellent form but would need patience in Tests'

Claiming to be unruffled by the Indian batsmen's scintillating form in the ongoing ODI series against Australia, West Indies coach Ottis Gibson today said the home players will have to show a whole lot of patience against his men in the two-Test series starting November 6.
"India are chasing 350 in almost every game; I find that exciting but when those players come back to the Test mould, they will realise that it requires a bit more patience," Gibson said after the drawn practice game against the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association.
"India have been in excellent form in one-day cricket. Perhaps they need to be a little bit more patient in Tests. Test cricket and IPL are a very different format altogether and different mindsets.

"They need to show some patience and we need to show some discipline as a bowling attack to contain them. If they bat the way they're batting in ODIs then it gives us more opportunities to get them out. Hopefully, we would capitalise the opportunities when they come our way," he added.
Ranked No 6 in the ICC Test rankings, the touring West Indies might have come here with the underdog tag but Gibson said they would be quite a handful for the hosts.
"We are playing away from home and India are ranked second in the world. So of course, we're underdogs. But having said that, we have got very good spirit among the team members," he said.

"Our team is a good blend of experience and youngsters. Chris Gayle, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Denesh Ramdin and Darren Sammy have played a lot of cricket in India. We understand that we're seen as underdogs. But often the underdogs have a strong bite and that is what we expect to come and show," he added.