This is the first T20 international match between India and the West Indies.
The kind of innings Chris Gayle played against Australia can beat any team in the world on his own.
Team officials are confident Gayle will play today's match after he missed the inconsequential league game against Sri Lanka on Wednesday.
India's counterpart of Gayle, the man who is capable of playing a similar innings at the top, Virender Sehwag, is not in town, having returned to India due to a injury.
India: (probable) 1 Gautam Gambhir, 2 Rohit Sharma, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 MS Dhoni (capt/wk), 6 Yusuf Pathan, 7 Harbhajan Singh, 8 Zaheer Khan, 9 Irfan Pathan/Praveen Kumar/RP Singh, 10 Pragyan Ojha, 11 Ishant Sharma
West Indies: (probable) 1 Chris Gayle (capt), 2 Andre Fletcher, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 4 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6&7 Lendl Simmons/Xavier Marshall/Kieron Pollard, 8 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 9 Jerome Taylor, 10 Fidel Edwards, 11 Suleiman Benn.
"We had options for back-up openers, Yusuf and I were also spoken about. But Rohit was in good form in the IPL and has grabbed his chance with both hands." MS Dhoni speaks about India's new opener, Rohit Sharma
"It will be a big boost for us. With his [Gayle's] presence in the team all the guys' confidence will be up." Denesh Ramdin, who captained West Indies in Gayle's absence.
