Rahul Dravid Good Quotations

There are some cracks on it but otherwise it looks a good track.

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.

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.

I wouldn't lay out my cards on the table now, to be honest it looks a very good wicket that might do a little bit initially for the bowlers.

If we play good cricket, we should win,

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.

I expect this wicket to last much better than the last two. Anything more than 250 runs will be a good score.

Whatever the pitch we must ensure we play good cricket on all five days. It is an important series and we would like to do well.

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

Hopefully we have a good wicket in Karachi so that both teams can play some entertaining cricket.

Hopefully this wicket will produce a result. Although it looks a good wicket, it should have extra bounce and more movement for the bowlers.

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.

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

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

It is natural that if you play too much against one country people tend to lose interest. The two boards I think are working on a solution which would be good for cricket in both countries.

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

Our goal was to win the series 4-1. We were confident of chasing a target and we have been good at doing that in recent times.

Pakistan have got some good players all round. I think if we focus on just one or two players in the team, we will be making a mistake and I think if they focus on one or two players in our team, they will be making a mistake because we have shown over the last month that a lot of our guys are performing.

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 had our backs to the wall for three days in the first test. They didn't surprise us, we knew they're a good team.

We are playing good cricket and have won 11 games when we have chased. We are confident of doing both. We have specific plans when we bat first or chase. I do not think we prefer doing one over another.

We discussed him in our bowler's meeting last evening. Some of the guys who have played against him in county cricket think he is a very good player.

We batted really poorly after lunch. England played well right through the test, they kept the pressure on. I congratulate them. They played some very good cricket.

This wicket is different from the ones we've had before on this tour. But there is no confusion in mind about this pitch. It will be a good pitch to bat on.

While it is always special to play your 100th game, the focus really is on playing good cricket and trying to win.

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.

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.

England had shown in the Ashes series against Australia that if you play five bowlers, you can win some very good matches.

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 track was a good wicket to bat on and was a bit slow. It was a similar kind of wicket we might get in Tests as well,

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.

They (Pakistan) have a very good batting line-up. But our bowlers bowled very well and we took some very good catches. It was a determined team effort that fetched us this victory.

It is very satisfying. It gives us confidence to know that we can scratch and still go on to win, particularly considering that we were not considered good chasers not a long while ago.

It's an apprenticeship period for a lot of these guys and a good learning experience. What's important is that we're able to provide them this opportunity.

It was not that a single performance lifted us. It was a hard fight and we played good cricket. But we can't slip up as there is still a lot left in the series.

It was a great professional performance from our team. We had four run outs in Pakistan innings that was fantastic. The boys were confident after our bowlers did well and restricted Pakistan to 265 on a good batting wicket.

It was a good three days from our point of view. Anil (Kumble) bowled a good spell. For people like Balaji who have not played for a while, it was good to have a go in these conditions. In the end it was a good work-out.

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

I want to play for India for another 3-4 years and be part of a winning team. I hope that we combine together and become a good side again and start winning again. I should be lucky enough to be a big contributor in that. If I perform well I will definitely play for another 3-4 years.

Against good teams (like Pakistan), when you put yourself under pressure you discover lot of things like how you are growing as a team and I think we are heading in good direction.

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.

I'm very happy with the way he played. It is good to see the kind of temperament.