Johannesburg, Sept. 29: Unheralded and unsung, the West Indies arrived for the 2009 Champions Trophy as the whipping boys of a group that also contains Australia, India and Pakistan. They have lost their opening two league games, but have done so with dignity, stretching both Pakistan and the Australians on the way.

On Wednesday, they go up against India who are precariously perched in this tournament, needing a huge favour and then beating the Windies by a massive margin to scramble into the tournament’s semifinals. And Floyd Reifer is keen that his boys give a good account of themselves before heading home.

"We’re going to play the game at the same intensity as before," said Reifer. "We’re looking to improve every game; it’s about improvement for us as individuals and as a team. Even though we can’t qualify we’re still going to play hard, tough cricket."

The Windies captain said he was confident that they could even pull off a shock win over Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s side. "In one-day cricket the team that plays better on the day has a good chance of winning."

"India are a good side; they have a lot of stars and they’ve played a lot of one-day cricket, but we’re going to approach the game the same way we approached the first two."

"We can take a lot of positives from the tournament," Reifer added. "Some of our guys bowled well, couple of our guys batted well, and as a team I think we played pretty good cricket.

"We have a good squad of fast bowlers; the guys have a lot of talent and are just looking to explode on the international circuit.

"Gavin Tonge is very tall and bowls a good line and length. (Kemar) Roach is very fast, I think he bowled the fastest ball in the tournament so far. He’s very quick through the air and has a bright future in the West Indies and international cricket."