Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar is confident that he would be in fine nick in the Caribbean World Cup and help India have a shot at the title.
MONTEGO BAY/JAMAICA: Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar is confident that he would be in fine nick in the Caribbean World Cup and help India have a shot at the title.
"I am looking forward to having a good tournament I am hoping that both my batting and bowling will come good," Tendulkar said.
"I am not under any pressure at this time I feel quite confident and I am ready to go," Tendulkar said while addressing India's first press conference after reaching the Caribbeans at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Sunday.
Though not predicting an Indian win, he said he was expecting the team to do very well.
Tendulkar, whose 673 runs in South Africa in 2003 is the highest aggregate in a single World Cup, warned that Australia were still a very dangerous team inspite of their five straight losses before coming to the Caribbean.
"You cannot write off the Australians, they are a team that knows how to bounce back when they are under pressure."
"Any top eight team can win the Cup," said the 33-year-old who is in his fifth World Cup appearance.
Captain Rahul Dravid and coach Greg Chappell sounded confident that India have the capacity to win.
"We have a pretty good team and we are very confident," said Dravid.
"I know that all the other teams will be aiming to play their best cricket but we are very confident that this is going to be a very good tournament for us," he said.
Chappell said India were one of three teams that will go into the tournament with a well-balanced unit.
"We will not be relying on any special players because the team is fairly well balanced all round," said the former Australia captain.
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