India looking ahead – Kumble

Across conditions, be it Sri Lanka, India, West Indies. We have won from hard situations.

“And that’s the thing that we reiterate to ourselves”, he said. “If we believe that four bowlers are enough or five bowlers are needed, which four bowlers or which five bowlers all that depends on what we look at and our aim is to win every game”. That’s why the result didn’t go our way. “And that’s exactly what we are looking forward to doing”.

Naturally, much of the questions during the conference centered around the pitch and how the Indian team coped on the track. A top official said here Wednesday that the BCCI Committee of Administrators (COA) would look into the report very seriously.

“I won’t say the Pune wicket was a poor one”.

“We’ve had the preparation in Dubai which has been fantastic and we’re grateful for that opportunity and it’s really put us in a really good position coming here to India”, opening batsman David Warner said.

It’s been well-documented that Australia have won just one Test series on Indian soil in 48 years. And though the ICC gave the Pune pitch a poor rating on Tuesday, the teams are trying to play down the issue.

The controversial wicket, which was likened to “the surface of Mars” by Shane Warne, provided plenty of assistance for spinners from both Australia and India. It was challenging but we didn’t adapt. We’re proud of where we’ve come but now we’ve got three more Tests to go. “It is only 22 yards, and it won’t be any different here”, he said, in despair at the line of questioning.

“We’ll water it until two or three days before the match”. You’ve got greentops, spinning wickets, the ones that explode and take chunks from the first day. I don’t think so. “Try and create a few more collapses in the Indian line-up but we know it’s going to be a better wicket in Bangalore”, added Starc. “Not really”, he said, adding: “We have accepted the fact (that the first Test was lost) and now we want to move forward. It was a team failure and we can not point fingers at anyone”, he said. All 16 are available.

“Australia are a quality side”, he noted. “The Reverand” had some advice for the touring novice on nutrition, too.

“I think it takes a loss (at Hobart) like that at home sometimes to really get guys going”. And that’s what we’d like to do.

After the IPL spot fixing came to light, the earlier BCCI committee was dismissed, now let us see what steps the court-appointed administrators do about pitch fixing. “India needs to use the DRS better”, he was quoted as saying by “India Today”.