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Mohali, Oct 28: Under pressure after a string of indifferent shows, Indian captain Rahul Dravid today conveyed a strong message to his under-performing team-mates ahead of their must-win Champions Trophy tie against Australia, saying no amount of strategies and gameplans would help unless the key players delivered the goods.
Dravid admitted that his established batsmen have not been able to fire while there were several grey areas which the team had to rectify in order to make further progress in the tournament.
"You may draw up any number of strategies and gameplans but at the end of the day, cricket matches are won by people who perform and it is performances which matter," Dravid said on the eve of the match against world champions Australia which will determine the second semi-finalist from Group-A.
He stressed that it was not that the batsmen were taking their poor run casually.
"They have been practising hard in the nets and we have also discussed about it. But somehow the results have not come. We have drawn some positives from the last game, but we have to be consistent right through the game," he said.
"We need to win the key moments of the game. There are critical moments in the game when we need to perform well and be counted," he said.
On whether opener Virender Sehwag needed to be given a break in order to rediscover his form, Dravid said he did not want to talk about individuals and it was batting as a unit which has to do well and click. (Agencies)
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