I have played here before. I know that once you get to 60-70 it becomes hard to concentrate.

It was quite bizarre really the way we collapsed. After lunch there was a collective lapse of reason.

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.

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

For us it is critical to try and get him back into form and we will do whatever it takes to get him back to form.

The one-day series is a chance for us to make amends for our disappointing performance in the final test.

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...

I don’t believe in statistics. We respect the opposition as they perform well especially in their own conditions, but we will try to learn something and put up a strong fight.

I expect them (England) to come back hard at us. There is a lot of fight left in them and they are a very competitive unit.

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.

I think this the umpire who decide any one out or not out rather the umpires are in better position to answer.

When you’re in it gets easier to bat, so it was nice to get two new batsmen at the crease for the final day.

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 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 did not play well, we definitely need to get better.

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

He has strained his hamstring and we are worried about his availability for the home series against England.

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...

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...

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.

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...

We would definitely want to win the match (for a 4-1 series score). We approach each game with the aim of winning it.

The cricket talent in India is still very much untapped. The hope is that the new money can help find our future stars.

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

It was an unfortunate way to lose the match. But rules are rules and they are part of the game. The match was heading towards an exciting finish when it had to be called off.

Our batting in both innings, the top order especially, let us down.

We fell short by 30 runs and lost wickets in the beginning and that was the reason for the loss.

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.

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.

It was unfortunate we both got out just before the new ball was taken and that put us in a bit of trouble.

Pakistan is not an easy team to beat. We have had to play well to beat them in the series. I am happy with the strides we are taking as a team. As captain, it...

We let ourselves down with some poor shot selection early on and it took the youngsters to show the way to bat.

It is natural that if you play too much against one country people tend to lost interest.

They have shown so far they are a very competitive team. It wasn’t an easy game by any stretch of the imagination and nine wickets does not reflect the contest between the two sides.

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.

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

We do understand it is an important game. Every game is important it will be nice (to seal it). But I do not think we will deviate too much from our plans for this game.

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

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.

At the end of the day I think he believes that a captain must get what he wants. In fact, in a lot of ways we do a lot of things in my way.

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.

We had let ourselves down with some poor shots early on. The young boys showed us how to play.

We were 30 runs short on that wicket. I still think it was the right decision to bat first, we just didn’t bat well enough, and the run outs didn’t help.

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.

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...

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

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

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.

He has not bowled as yet. We are monitoring his progress closely and we will take a decision (on playing him) keeping in mind this series and the amount of cricket coming up.

Both times we lost tosses and we had to respond to big totals, and that’s not easy no matter how flat the wickets were.