 Match crucial but India confident: Uthappa
14th Nov 2007 23:01 IST
Agencies
Terming the fourth one-dayer as a "crucial" match, middle order batsman Robin Uthappa said a confident India would like to clinch the series against Pakistan in Gwalior tomorrow.
Uthappa said the match could go either way but the Indians were deriving confidence from the fact that they again snatched the lead at Kanpur and their morale was high for tomorrow's day-night clash at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium.
"I think it is a huge confidence ahead of the fourth one-dayer. The last two games could have been gone either way and we did well to come back in Kanpur after the Mohali game. The team's morale is pretty high and we are looking forward to the match," he told reporters on the eve of the match.
Asked if the players were under pressure to wrap up the series against the archrivals, the Karnataka batsman said the challenge would bring out the best of the team.
"Pressure is good in any format of the game. Against Australia it brought the best out of us and made us ready for this series. There is pressure in this series as well, as it still can go either way. But we are confident of doing well, as we are on top of our game," he said.
Uthappa refused to agree that the ongoing India-Pakistan series was lacking in intensity.
"I can promise that nothing has taken out the punch from an Indo-Pak series. It is still intense and still hostile as it used to be on the field. We still play it tough on the field."
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