Rahul Dravid, the head coach of the Indian cricket team, said in an interview to reporters in Dubai:
I am confident that we have the best bowling attack for today’s match against Pakistan. Everyone is eager to try and achieve many things. It’s just a competition for us like everyone else, if we win it’s great, if we lose, we’ll try again. Pakistan is in good form. We have a lot of quality players. We need games like this to improve us.
Naseem Shah bowled well by Pakistan’s young fast bowler. But even our batsmen scored runs against Pakistan. We don’t see what Pakistan has. We want to focus on our strengths.
Jadeja was ruled out of the Asia Cup due to a knee injury. There is still time for the World Cup. Therefore, we cannot exclude him from it. He is under the observation of medical team. I don’t want to alienate him. Virat played well in the previous match. The way he played in the last match was very good.
For us, it doesn’t matter how many runs he scores. Even a small contribution is important when the team is really fighting for victory. We are trying to make a big batch of players for the World Cup. Picking an 11 is a pleasant headache when players are playing in good form. He said this.