Had Rahul Dravid been born in any country other than India, he would have been much more famous than Sachin Tendulkar.

The pressure on me is nothing compared to Ravindra Jadeja. Jadeja, like Ram Gopal Verma, must always fail. The crowd always expects him to fail and it is too much pressure on him. And, he rarely disappoints them.

I realised in Sri Lanka that my dream of playing in a World Cup was a bridge too far,

I am pretty confident I will be 100 per cent fit. I don't know if it's an injury that you can go in at about 90 per cent fit.

I'd rather be in our seat than theirs.

He's put us under pressure right through the series. He's a tall guy that made all our batters play.

I never thought it would come and definitely not so quickly.

I had my first full-blooded throw-downs today and it's coming along. Hopefully I'll have a bat tomorrow and the next day. I'm pretty confident that I'll be 100 per cent fit.

I want to challenge myself against the best and the Australians are the best. Glenn McGrath is a huge loss. The other pace bowlers haven't taken nearly as many wickets as Glenn and that might be to our advantage.

The next two days are quite critical for him, but I think he'll be fine.