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.

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

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

At the moment, we want to give him some more opportunities at the top of the order. He is having a tough run of late. For us, it is critical to try and get him...

It will be a high scoring match and team batting first should post a total in excess of 250 runs.

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

Every series is a challenge. We have prepared ourselves the best we can. We want to enjoy our cricket.

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

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...

We want to put the players under pressure. (But) not in terms of results that come naturally, but in terms of achieving different goals they have been set.

It’s very heartening the way we have responded to big Pakistan totals in both the Test matches. It’s not easy to bat after staying on the field for two days.

If you prepare another wicket like this it will be another drawn series.

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.

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 do realize we’ve got to take 20 wickets to win a test. That’s the key, but we’ve played the last few tests on flat pitches of low bounce.

We were confident that our batting was clicking and we could chase. The goal was to win the series 4-1 and we are learning constantly about the way we are chasing targets and I think...

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.

We thought we would give England a bit of a scare.