After a rain-delayed start, India won in the final over and Chappell said: "They'd set a very competitive score and Rahul obviously played very well.

"We needed someone to get a hundred at the top of the order, he took it upon himself and played a top class innings.

"To get a win when we didn't play as well as we have been is satisfying."

Chappell believes that Dravid has found his niche in the one-day game as an opener.

"His innings was better than 100 strike rate, that's awesome for someone who a few years ago they said couldn't play one-day cricket," the coach enthused.

Chappell was also delighted with the return to form of Mohammad Kaif, who shared 123 in 21 overs with Dravid.

"We felt he would come back and we've tried to give him as many opportunities as possible," he said.

"Looking ahead to the World Cup we still see him as a very important player in the side."

Chris Gayle, whose ferocious batting has won him many admirers around the world, hit 123 from 131 balls in the first ODI against India on Thursday at Sabina Park, incidentally his twelfth hundred as well.

For Gayle, his inside-edge off a delivery from Munaf Patel that bounced past his leg-stump and into the fine leg region was a momentous occasion.

"It is very special because it was my first hundred in either a Test or an ODI on home (Jamaican) soil," remarked the big Jamaican left-hander.

"It's very, very pleasing, and I hope it's the first of many more to come.

"After watching a couple of my innings against Zimbabwe, I recognised that I was starting slow and I know that's not typically Chris Gayle," he said.

In the end, Gayle was disappointed that West Indies could not ride to victory on the crest of the wave of his hundred, but acknowledged the competitiveness of both sides.

"We are two very competitive teams in which the batting plays a very important part," he said.

"India batted really well and that partnership between Rahul Dravid and Mohammed Kaif was very important. The Indian captain really dug in deep and sewed the game up for them."