Pakistani cricket coach Bob Woolmer is hoping for an exciting and close Test series and would not even mind thrilling draws.
"Hopefully, we will have good Test wickets that would last five days," said Woolmer at his first press conference after he landed here with a 16-member squad on Monday.
"Even good draws are exciting. All in all, I hope the surfaces will be sporting," said the South African-born former England Test player.
Pitches in India recently came in for a lot of criticism, especially during the Australian tour last year, because of their heavy assistance to spinners.
Woolmer, who played 19 Tests and nine One-Day Internationals (ODIs) in 1970s, largely kept silent as the questions were mostly addressed to captain Inzamam-ul-Haq.
Woolmer, who had earlier visited India with the Hansie Cronje's South African team as coach in 1996, said he was excited about the series.
"I am looking forward to the series tremendously," he said with a smile.
Woolmer, who had earlier coached South Africa and also had a coaching stint with the International Cricket Council, was, however, the first from the Pakistani side to arrive in the hall for the press conference - a good 15 minutes before Inzamam, manager Salim Altaf and vice-captain Younis Khan.