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West Indies coach Ottis Gibson is not worried at all with the nonappearance of Chris Gayle as he believes his young players will deliver in Bangladesh.
Gayle and Gibson are not in good terms with each other. The relationship soured after Gayle, who has shaped a stir with his exploit in the ongoing Nokia Champions League Twenty20, gave a contentious interview on Jamaican radio station, KLAS Sports, in April, when he slam the coach as well as West Indies Cricket Board officials.
Gibson answers with a stern "No!" when asked whether Gayle's absence will hurt their probability.
"We are not going to miss him because he is not here," Gibson said at a media meeting, as West Indies held an afternoon preparation session at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur.
Gibson added: "Some people will think we need him, but we consider we are building a team. Of course, like I said, we need senior players that are dedicated to mix with the young people and guide the youngsters.
"We believe we are building a team and we are seeing signs of development from the players. I know they are all able and ready to take this opportunity."
Gibson echoed West Indies captain Darren Sammy's opinion that Bangladesh could be a hard proposal in their own backyard.
"We appreciate that in the Bangladeshi line-up they have several left-arm spinners, so that clearly means they will be including heavily on their slow bowlers," he said.
"We were in Dubai last week prepare and we had the chance to play next to some good spinners there."
He continued: "A lot of our deliberations and our training methods are geared towards combating spin bowling.
"Everyone knows that Bangladesh, in these circumstances, will be tough, but we consider we have done the work that will allow us to do well against their bowlers in these conditions."
West Indies play a Twenty20 and three one-day internationals, along with two Tests.
They will be hopeful to avenge an embarrassing home series beat to the Bengal Tigers when the two sides met in the Caribbean two years ago, at the same time when several leading players, as well as Gayle, took action over the terms and conditions of their contracts.
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