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Wednesday, 26 October 2005 |
Indian cricket captain Rahul Dravid praises their win
India captain Rahul Dravid said the scale of his team's win over Sri
Lanka in the first one-day international in Nagpur was something
special.
Rahul Dravid, in his first match since replacing Sourav Ganguly at the
helm of the side, blasted 85 from 63 balls in the emphatic 152-run
victory.
After the match he said: "It's not very often that you win games by such a big margin. Everything clicked for us.
"But it doesn't always happen like that so we are not getting carried away."
It has certainly been a month to remember for Rahul Dravid.
On 11 October, his wife Vijeta gave birth to the couple's first child,
a son. Two days later, he was appointed ahead of Sourav Ganguly, the
country's most successful skipper.
And if Rahul Dravid was under pressure, he concealed it all well on Tuesday.
But he knows Sri Lanka, ranked second in the one-day rankings against
India's seventh, will try to come back strongly in the remaining six
games.
"They are not the second best side in the world for nothing," he said.
"I don't think I need to tell anyone in my team not to get complacent. We are not getting carried away.
"When you go out there and everything clicks for you - you get a good
start, your bowlers bowl well and everything works - you look a great
unit.
"When you score 350 and knock the opposition over, you are going to look a good unit."
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