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The ton's not special yet: Dravid
RAWALPINDI: Indian vice-captain Rahul Dravid
said his maiden century against Pakistan would become "special" only
if his team won the series-decider against Pakistan and this would
be possible only if they carried on their good show on the remaining
days of the Test.
"It's a nice feeling to score your first Test century against
Pakistan, but it will become special only if we win the match. We
have to carry on performing in this way to be able to do that,"
Dravid, unbeaten on 134 at close of play on the second day, told
reporters here.
The Indians took a first innings lead of 118 runs against Pakistan
after bundling out the home team for 224 on the opening day of the
match, marking the golden jubilee Test between the two arch rivals.
"The first session tomorrow will be very important, there is a still
a lot of hard work to be done. If we can see the first session
through, we can aim for a big first innings lead," he said.
Dravid said it was still too early to say what kind of a lead would
be good enough for pressing a win. "We have not decided what lead
would be good. We would definitely not like to bat again, that's the
whole idea, the basic goal."
The Indian vice-captain said the home team would be under tremendous
pressure if India managed to take the lead as batting on the fourth
and fifth days would not be an easy task.
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