ICC Champions Trophy: The five West Indian players to watch out for

The reigning Twenty20 World Champions will be eager to make a mark in the One-day international version as well and the Caribbean side has what it takes to be champions in the Champions Trophy, having lifted the title once and finishing runners up twice.

The five stars to watch out for in Dwayne Bravo-led team:

Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle is one player in today's time no one would line up to bowl to. Such is the level of his destructive batting that it needs absolutely no introduction. Chris Gayle is West Indies' most successful batsman in the tournament history. He has 695 runs in 14 games, most by any player in the history of the Champions Trophy. He averages 57.91 with a best of 133 not out and has three hundreds and a fifty to his name in the event. If he brings his destructive form which he is used to in franchise cricket to the 50-over game, the West Indies will once again be a handful.

Ramnaresh Sarwan

Another one of West Indias' war horses, Ramnaresh Sarwan is back in the national fold and will lend balance to the West Indian middle order. Sarwan's experience will come handy as he, like Gayle, has played 14 games in the Champions Trophy previously. He has 359 runs in the tournament at an average of 36 and three fifties. His record in England is more consistent, as he averages 43.4 in 14 games, having scored 434 runs with four fifties to his credit and a best of 89.

Dwayne Bravo

Dwayne Bravo has been entrusted the responsibility of leading the ODI side in the tournament, with a view to bring the best out of the star all-rounder. Bravo's only ODI hundred came in this event but barring that 112 not out against England in 2006, he has had nothing of much worth with the bat in the tournament. With the ball, Bravo has 12 wickets in as many ICC Champions Trophy games. He now will be required to play a big role as an all-rounder, as his seam bowling could prove a handful in English conditions.

Sunil Narine

Sunil Narine's high-arm bowling action is deceptive for batsmen who often fail to read him and are trapped sooner than they realize. He may have done extremely well in the Indian Premier League but he is yet to translate that success in the international seen for the Caribbean team. The 24-year-old has an impressive overall record in a relatively short ODI career, taking 47 wickets in 28 games at a bowling average of 21 and an economy rate of 3.87. In England, Narine will be required to play the role of a support bowler who keeps things tight and takes wickets in the middle overs.

Kemar Roach

Kemar Roach revives memories of the eighties and the early nineties - a time which saw tearaway West Indian bowlers sending shivers down opposition batsmen's spines through their sheer pace. The young Barbadian though, still not of that ilk, regularly clocks 150kph and is more than capable of hurrying through batsman. The youngster generally gets the ball to skid off the surface with the extra yard of pace being his element of surprise. Roach has had a good start to his ODI career with 79 wickets in 51 games with a bowling average of 27 and three five-wicket hauls, including a best of 6 for 27.