India batted much below expectations in their opening game against the hosts on Saturday, making 205 before losing the contest by three wickets. Skipper Rahul Dravid alone kept his reputation intact, top-scoring with a solid 54.

"We need to bat better. A total of 250 was what we needed on Saturday, but we were 40 or 50 runs short," Chappell said on Tuesday.

"I am happy with our bowling and fielding in both the games. We just need to get more out of our batting. The good thing is batting is our strength for a while, so hopefully that will come back."

Bowlers set India's victory in the second match on Sunday as Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra and Virender Sehwag each bagged two wickets to restrict the West Indies to a modest 178.

India then rode on Dravid's second successive half-century to complete the job with 14 overs to spare.

Chappell was not worried about Sehwag's twin failures in the ongoing tournament, saying the opening batsman would soon rediscover his form.

Hard-hitting opener Sehwag failed in both the matches, scoring 14 against Sri Lanka and two against the West Indies.

The Indian coach welcomed the return of Sourav Ganguly, saying the batsman's experience would stand the team in good stead.

"He is an experienced player and the leader in the group. Whether he is captain or not he is a senior player. We will be relying on him a lot, not only for his leadership but also batting," said Chappell.

Ganguly, with 9,967 runs in 271 one-dayers, joined the squad on Monday after serving a four-match ban. He was captain when suspended for his team's slow over-rate against Pakistan in a home one-day series in April.