Ganguly sees no pressure, keen to wrap up series
16 March 2001
Indian captain Saurav Ganguly today disagreed that the team was under
any pressure following the epoch win against Australia at Kolkata and
said it was keen on winning the third and final Test starting in
Chennai on Sunday.
"In that way, pressure is there even when you lose. But we are keen
to win the series. We are geared up to achieve our goal," he told
reporters when asked whether he felt any pressure going into the
series decider.
Earlier, Ganguly along with coach John Wright and manager Chetan
Chauhan watched Indian master batsman Sachin Tendulkar and seven of
his team mates going through net practice and strenous physical
exercise at the MA Chidambaram stadium, the venue of the final Test.
Speedster Javagal Srinath, who is still to be counted as a member of
the team as the selectors wanted to watch him, especially his fielding
and throwing due to an injury after the first Test in Mumbai, bowled
longer spells at the nets. He was seen to be in his elements, but
Chauhan said a decision on picking him for the playing eleven would be
taken tomorrow.
Along with Tendulkar, openers SS Das and S Ramesh and Hemang Badani
batted for over 90 minutes each at the nets, while Sairaj Bahatule,
Nilesh Kulkarni, Sarandeep Singh and Srinath bowled on the trot for
hours.
© PTI