Bhajji assault a calculated move: Gayle

"To put him off his line, I carried the attack to him", West Indies opener Chris Gayle confesses to have planned the assault on Harbhajan.

West Indies opener Chris Gayle says his assault on Harbhajan Singh was a calculated move aimed at upsetting the rhythm of the Indian off-spinner, playing his first Test on the tour after being dropped from the first two.

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"I knew he was coming back after a long break and wanted to put him off his line, carry the attack to him," said Gayle, who made a strokeful 83 from 127 balls with five sixes and eight fours.

The aggressive opener clubbed 'The Turbanator' for three sixes -- two of them in the same over at long on and long off.

Gayle also picked up S Sreesanth for some special treatment and explained his reasons for going hard against the speedster whom he hit for two sixes.

"He's pretty aggressive himself so I try to put the fight back on to him," said the left-hander after the first day' play in the third cricket Test yesterday.

Gayle, however, complimented Munaf Patel for getting the ball to reverse swing and ultimately consuming him in the afternoon.

"He bowled excellently and was getting the ball to reverse swing on me. Unfortunately, I couldn't get away from him during that spell," he said. More