Rahul Dravid Quotes

"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."

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"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."

"I think the way Asif bowled with the new ball in both innings was quality stuff. He put the ball in the right areas and used the seam beautifully."

"It has been a good two weeks. The boys responded very well."

"There are choices to make and someone will be unlucky. That is how life is."

"The rule as it is now, gives a huge advantage to the captain inning the toss. So, I think, they (ICC) should continue with it and allow the team to pick their super sub after the toss."

"We know we have to play well. We have to play one day of good cricket out of the remaining two to win the series. We are confident of doing it. We have shown in the last two games we can play well in all departments."

"If we play good cricket, we should win,"

"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."

"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."

"We might not risk him if the problem doesn't settle."

"We went through a difficult 10 days, but all the boys showed lot of spirit and determination to comeback strongly in the one-day series."

"We're playing some good cricket and everyone in the team is contributing. We ran away with this one."

"Last couple of months have been really good. There have been good performance from all the players."

"He has proved his worth over the years and is always an asset to the side."

"It?s the normal pressure or anxiety to perform well which is good. We know Pakistan?s recent performance against us has been good. But statistics don?t count much as in one-day cricket the team that performs well on that day will win."

"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."

"The boys responded well to challenges and the various roles they were asked to perform in the team. They also adjusted to the changes in the batting order."

"It's a great sign for him and for Indian cricket. Hopefully, he will go from strength to strength from here."