Rahul Dravid on Monday sent out a strong message to the rivals, saying his young team was 'well-prepared' and would settle for nothing but a series win.
DHAKA: Hours after landing in Bangladesh for their first cricket assignment since the World Cup fiasco, Indian captain Rahul Dravid on Monday sent out a strong message to the rivals, saying his young team was "well-prepared" and would settle for nothing but a series win.
"We are well prepared for the series. I think we will have a good series. It is definitely like any other series, we are here to win," Dravid told reporters at the Hotel Sheraton after arriving here.
India will play three one-dayers followed by two Tests, during its 23-day tour.
Dravid did not see the current tour as a revenge series after India were upset by Bangladesh in the recent World Cup match resulting in their first round exit from the mega event.
"We are not here for revenge," he said.
Complimenting Bangladesh for their recent performance in the World Cup, Dravid said the Indians were hoping to face a quality opposition.
"They are playing well. And we hope to face good opposition. (But) our team is also in good shape. We had a good camp. It was intense and succesful.
"We have a blend of youth and experience some of the senior player have been rested. The players are looking forward to performing well," he added.
The team is not scheduled to play practice matches and would straightway face the home side in first ODI on Thursday but Dravid said acclimatisation would not be a problem as the weather conditions here were quite similar to India.
"We are used to the conditions here, because the weather is almost the same as in India," he said.
Team Manager Ravi Shastri said the players were ready to play "hard cricket" in the next one month.
"We have come to play hard cricket because we have experienced Bangladesh in the World Cup," he told reporters at the Dhaka airport.
The team is expected to do some practice later in the day.
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