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 London, Sept 7: Skipper Rahul Dravid today
said "fearlessness" and "experience" would be India's main
weapons as they look forward to sign off a great England summer
of cricket in style with a perfect finish at Lord's tomorrow.
"Fearlessness as much as experience has proved key this series
so we will approach it as we have done the last two games,"
Dravid said on the eve of the seventh and deciding one-day
match. "We really had to fight hard when we had our backs to the
wall. We had to script a good comeback from 1-3. After that also
I felt that the games were really close a wicket here or a
wicket there and the scoreline could have been so different at
that stage even.
"We have played well in the last couple of
games and had a rub of the green. It has been a good comeback
for us in the series. If we can win tomorrow it will be great
comeback." To a query about tomorrow's match being the final
game at Lord's for himself, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly,
Dravid was not too keen to talk about it. "You never know what
is going to happen in the future. But every time we play here it
is a special occasion. The last game of the tour set up very
nicely. Some good tough cricket played by both teams. Good
competitive spirit.
"It is going to be a good occasion coming to
this ground and enjoying. We have played some good one-day
cricket here we'll have some special memories of that. We'll
look at those memories and get some confidence from that." Asked
which victory the fans back home would cherish most the Test
series triumph or the one-day series triumph (if it happens)
Dravid said the habit of winning was more important. "Winning
matters, irrespective of whether it's the Test or one-dayers.
It's a bit hard to judge too. One-day is followed strongly but
we haven't won a lot of Test cricket abroad and winning in
England after 21 years is a huge thing for the supporters as
well. "Just from the congratulations and the response we've got
from back home they are really excited about us winning the Test
series." (Agencies)
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