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Pressure on, but we'll deliver: Sourav
The Indian skipper said Harbhajan, who didn't play in Mohali, had a good chance of being included for the second Test.
Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday threw the gauntlet at arch-rivals Pakistan, saying that his side was all keyed up to win the second cricket Test beginning on Wednesday.
"All my players are fit. We were close to winning the Test in Mohali. We will try to win here," Ganguly told a pre-match press conference.
"But there will be a lot of pressure. It's a series of three Tests. Pakistan will also go all out to win," he said.
Ganguly said that off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who was kept out of the side in the first Test, stood a good chance of making a comeback for the second Test.
"There is a good chance of him playing. But we have to take another look at the wicket before deciding on the team composition," he said.
Despite coach John Wright giving clear indications on Monday that the Indians would go into the match with a two pacer and two spinner attack, Ganguly contended that the five bowler formula (three pacers and two spinners) could also be used considering the amount of grass on the wicket.
However, compared to Monday, the wicket looked less green and the groundsmen said that more mowing would be done on Tuesday evening.
But Ganguly, who contended that he was happy with the wicket, said the last time he had seen so much grass on the Eden track was six years back during the Asian Test Championship match against Pakistan.
The visitors had won the tie by 46 runs.
When his reaction was sought on the Mohali track which did not turn on the final day, Ganguly said: "It was a good wicket. I don't think the wicket can be blamed for what we could not achieve."
Ganguly ruled out axing pacer Zaheer Khan, who had put up a dismal show in Mohali, saying, "You can not drop successful players on the basis of one match. And I also do not see many changes in the side as we played well at Mohali."
