A small wish from the Indian skipper

[honestbharani]

http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/pakvind/content/story/235670.html


'We do not need any extra motivation' - Dravid

Cricinfo staff

February 4, 2006



Rahul Dravid: 'The postmortem of the Test series shows that we will have to play the key players in the positions suited to them.' © AFP



Rahul Dravid has said that experiments during the one-day series against Pakistan will depend on strategy and indicated that key players will play in their usual positions.

"Shuffling of batting order will depend on strategy and other conditions but the postmortem of the Test series shows that we will have to play the key players in the positions suited to them," said Dravid. "It [the ODIs] would be an altogether different ball game from the Tests. We have a young team and we will not make many changes in it. We would mostly be opening with Sehwag and Tendulkar. We also have Gautam Gambhir."

He ruled out notions of the team having low morale after the loss in the third Test at Karachi. "We do not need any extra motivation for the ODIs. That we are playing Pakistan is motivation in itself for the team. Pakistan are playing at home and we know that we are up against a good side. They've done well so far. It will be a nice challenge.

"We didn't do well with the new ball and we've to learn to play well under pressure," said Dravid when asked to comment on Sunil Gavaskar's criticism of India's performance at Karachi. "We also need to have a bowler who can take 20 wickets in a Test."


I thought that was what all teams needed.
He is not asking for much, is he?

 

[Deja moo]

"We also need to have a bowler who can take 20 wickets in a Test."


I thought that was what all teams needed.
He is not asking for much, is he?

I think he has had it with his bowlers. I mean, not too many skippers come out in public and question their bowlers in this manner.

 

[luckyeddie]

"We didn't do well with the new ball and we've to learn to play well under pressure," said Dravid when asked to comment on Sunil Gavaskar's criticism of India's performance at Karachi. "We also need to have a bowler who can take 20 wickets in a Test."

I always knew that Jim Laker was a loser.

 

[Autobahn]

Well kumble can take 10 wickets so that's half the job done...

 

[Armadillo]

Bit of an optimistic comment to make. I don't think he meant to say that.

 

[Jono]

Lol, that must have just came out wrong.

 

[honestbharani]

Lol, that must have just came out wrong.

Obviously, but it is still good to have some fun around that line.

 

[honestbharani]

Sad to see that almost 15 years later, we have still not found said bowler.

 

[Engle]

Quite frankly, having said bowler is actually detrimental to the team - and Dravid should've known this. If said bowler gets injured or loses form, what then ? You need a team of bowlers who complement each other to prise out batsmen