'We can come back': Ganguly
Sourav Ganguly remained cautiously optimistic about the remaining three matches, but admitted that a much-improved display would be needed if India were to retain their grip on the Border-Gavaskar Trophy
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I think we can come back. There's a lot of cricket left to be played in this series. Some of the guys are not getting runs, but all it needs is one good knock to get them going. We've had too many starts not being converted into big innings. I think there's still a huge opportunity for us to come back and win.
They played well. I consider Irfan [Pathan] an allrounder.
He's done well against them before as well, I think he has something like 44 wickets in the last four games here, and the pitches at Chennai, Nagpur and Mumbai should suit him.
You've all seen it on TV. We understand that, and move forward.
We just played him normally. I think batsmen from the subcontinent usually play spin well. He's a great bowler, but we've played him well down the years. Anyway, we're not worried about one particular bowler, we're more concerned about how we deal with the Australian attack on the whole.
We have respect for each other, and you don't mind a few of the things that happen.
He's still pretty young (smiles). At this level, he must realise that there will be criticism. It's part of life. He's a performer, and every time he doesn't do well, fingers will be raised.
We hope he's fit. His batting and bowling are a help on any sort of pitch, and a player of his calibre would be missed by any team.
I'm pretty disappointed that I've run myself out in the last two Tests, here and against Pakistan at Rawalpindi.
We'll back every cricketer in the team. He failed in this match, but that's gone now. He has to try and do his best in the next game.