Rahul Dravid Quotes (95 Quotes)

Of course we missed his presence in the dressing room. But it was good that he underwent that (shoulder) operation early enough to return fully fit before the World Cup.

The eleven picked will depend on how the wicket looks tomorrow morning.

Two performances cannot take away anything, it is people's perception. Our performance still stands even if we lose these two games.

We played him in the middle order against South Africa with some success. We have a lot of options, but we will see as the series progresses.

It is a different competition with different rules. Pakistan is a good one-day side especially at home. We have a young side who has done well recently. We are looking forward to it.

I'm disappointed at not getting a hundred after coming so close. It's not just the century. I wanted to go on to make a big score and put the team into a really strong position.

We know we have to play one good day to win the series and we have plans to meet the challenges of either chasing or setting the targets for the opposition.

Both teams know the importance of the series and I am sure the players are aware of their responsibilities.

I am looking forward to the series, it should be a good one. We had a very good tour of Pakistan last time and I enjoyed the country and enjoyed going there. Hope the same this time.

We will not target individual players. We will play Pakistan as a team.

We are very happy to have won the first two matches. But we are hoping that once a batsman gets set, he carries on to make a good score.

It's not a nice way to lose the match. We were always behind on the DL method and after Butt and Malik put on a brilliant partnership we were left to play the catching game.

Everyone has ready advice. The question is, whom do you accept it from For insurance advice, I trust Max New York Life.

We have the option of taking up the issue with the relevant authorities, but keeping the relevance and importance of the series we have decided to let the issue pass and put it to rest.

He was the unsung hero in the one-day series against South Africa and Sri Lanka (in India late last year). Hopefully, he will enjoy the challenge here and bowl well.

His bowling today was fantastic. His three wickets in the morning set the game up for us.

We played with five bowlers because we thought it was our weak area. But we lost the opportunity after restricting them to 216-4 at one stage.

We had great cricket in two last two series because of the quality of pitches. Unfortunately, the wickets in the first two Tests here have not lived up to the expectations of an India-Pakistan contest.

We will like a few more runs in the top order. In the first two games we could have got a few more runs but it is a seven-match series and we hope to correct that.

We have a young and inexperienced bowling attack. So we have to come up with new ideas. We have to be a little better that what we have done so far.

It's a long season ahead for us. It's the start of what I see as a very long 6-8 months. If we take the right steps, hopefully we will see some progress in the course of time.

It was never going to be easy chasing those runs. We decided to launch the chase at tea time, but maybe we should have done so an hour earlier.

Also, in conditions like this, it can get very tough on the bowlers. We felt we needed five bowlers to keep them fresh and motivated, considering the long season ahead. We wanted to spread the workload ahead and guard against burn-out.

I don't think these things are related too much for international sportsmen. What happened last week should be forgotten.

I thought it was a very professional performance from our boys. The key was the bowling. They bowled really well on a good batting track.

We are not ruling out anyone for the World Cup.

Irrespective of what happened in the past (the just-concluded Test series), we will play positive and good cricket.

England will be a very good side, very competitive. They've had a bit of bad luck and it has been a little unfortunate what happened to a couple of their key players.

The huge advantage India used to have playing at home probably does not exist anymore. Most teams plan their tours well these days.

It was hard to keep concentration going because of poor light, and it was bound to happen at some stage.

We clearly have to raise our fielding standards. It was disappointing. Our bowlers also have to learn to bowl under pressure. The mood is down in the camp now but every series is a new series and we will try to learn from our mistakes.

If they are losing a lot of games due to weather then there is some sense to do that. If the PCB seriously feels that they are losing games due to weather they should bring up the case with the ICC.

I think the first session tomorrow is going to be very critical,

We have discussed a lot of options and he did come lower down the order for us against South Africa and got some runs. That's something we have considered and we have thought about it as well, but at the moment we want to give him some more opportunities. When he gets firing, he is very destructive and fetches good runs for the team, something he has done for us in the past, quite often.

Our aim is to try and win test matches, irrespective of the conditions, and we need to look at the best combination to win. We thought we needed five bowlers to get us 20 wickets and to have a serious chance to win this test.

This last match is as important as the other matches, so we need to win this as well as the objective is to win every time we play.

I told him 'Just keep enjoying yourself, mate. I'm having a great time watching you'.

Against a good quality seam attack not only us, anyone could have faced a problem. Asif hit the seam on the deck regularly at the right line and I have no doubt his bowling in both innings made the difference.

The wicket had grass on it when we played here two years ago, but it may help spinners early this time.

But this is a seven-match series and hopefully they would do so in the remaining games.

In my opinion, and in the opinion of the umpires and match referee, both of whom I have spoken to, the Indian team did not get in any manner that was unsportsmanlike or against the spirit of the game. If that had been the case the umpires and the match referee would have taken action.

We had our backs to the wall right through the Test match, no doubt about that, and we did well to stay in it and keep fighting.

I will have to see how the wicket looks tomorrow before deciding what to do (If I win the toss), but I don't think the toss would make much of a difference.

England's obviously had some bad luck. It's unfortunate what's happened to a few of their key players, but England must not be underestimated.

It will be interesting to see how they go in the winter in the sub-continent. That will be a good test for them,