India to focus on one match at a time

Sachin Tendulkar said the team would clear hurdles one at a time as they embark on an important tour which climaxes in the ICC Champions Trophy.

Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar said on Friday that the Indian team would like to clear hurdles one at a time as they embark on an important European tour which climaxes in the ICC Champions Trophy in England.

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"Champions Trophy is pretty far off, even before that we would like to take one step at a time and concentrate hard on one match after another," Tendulkar told reporters after launching a series of new products for 'Adidas' in New Delhi along with his teammates Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan and Ashish Nehra.

The Champions Trophy is slated to begin on September 10 in England but India are to play a tri-series in Holland and a three-match NatWest Challenge series in England prior to the mini World Cup.

Admitting that it was disappointing to lose in the final of the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka, Tendulkar said, "we should concentrate harder and try to overcome this (losing in the finals) and I am sure we will be able to do better in the future."

His one-day opening partner Sehwag said he got his first pair of 'Adidas' shoes from Karnataka Speedster Dodda Ganesh while Zaheer said he received his from none other than Tendulkar when they started off as youngsters.