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'We do not need any extra motivation' - Dravid

Rahul Dravid has said that experiments during the one-day series against Pakistan will depend on strategy and indicated that key players will play in their usual positions

Cricinfo staff
04-Feb-2006


Rahul Dravid: 'The postmortem of the Test series shows that we will have to play the key players in the positions suited to them.' © AFP
Rahul Dravid has said that experiments during the one-day series against Pakistan will depend on strategy and indicated that key players will play in their usual positions.
"Shuffling of batting order will depend on strategy and other conditions but the postmortem of the Test series shows that we will have to play the key players in the positions suited to them," said Dravid. "It [the ODIs] would be an altogether different ball game from the Tests. We have a young team and we will not make many changes in it. We would mostly be opening with Sehwag and Tendulkar. We also have Gautam Gambhir."
He ruled out notions of the team having low morale after the loss in the third Test at Karachi. "We do not need any extra motivation for the ODIs. That we are playing Pakistan is motivation in itself for the team. Pakistan are playing at home and we know that we are up against a good side. They've done well so far. It will be a nice challenge.
"We didn't do well with the new ball and we've to learn to play well under pressure," said Dravid when asked to comment on Sunil Gavaskar's criticism of India's performance at Karachi. "We also need to have a bowler who can take 20 wickets in Test."