 We are thinking of one match at a time: Tendulkar
16th May 2008 09:01 IST
Agencies
The Mumbai Indians are high on confidence after four consecutive victories, but captain Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday said they were concentrating on Friday's game against Kolkata Knight Riders and not thinking much of sealing a semifinal berth in the IPL.
"We are not looking very far ahead at present and concentrating on tomorrow's game. That is how we have played the last five to six games where we took one step at a time," the master batsman told reporters in Mumbai.
Mumbai, who are still in the bottom half of the Indian Premier League with eight points, will be looking to strengthen their position in the team standings with a win over Kolkata Knight Riders, who are on 10 points.
The Mumbai batting lineup will also be challenged by the bolstering of the Kolkata bowling with the arrival of Pakistani pacer Shoaib Akhtar, who produced a match-winning spell in their last game in Delhi.
However, Tendulkar said Mumbai's batting lineup was capable of taking on the bowling attack of Akhtar and Ishant Sharma.
"Shoaib Akhtar and Ishant Sharma are both quality bowlers but our batsmen are no less. It does not mean that it will be easy, we will have to go out and play our best."
Asked if he felt the biggest contest would be between him and Akhtar, Tendulkar said he never had any contests with one individual of a team.
"It is between 11 players of Kolkata against the players from the Mumbai team," he said.
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