We have to rethink our strategy: Dravid

After India went down against Pakistan in the one-day series, captain Rahul Dravid said his side must innovate ways to stem its poor run.

After India went down against Pakistan in the one-day series following an insipid show in New Delhi, captain Rahul Dravid on Sunday said his side must innovate ways to stem its poor run in limited-over matches.

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"We have to think about it. We are not playing well in one-dayers. Our performance has not been good. India has to think about the strategy," Dravid said after India crashed to a 159-run defeat in the sixth and final one-dayer to lose the series 2-4.

"We are very disappointed. But its very difficult to pinpoint any particular reason. It's rather a combination of reasons. We must comeback with new ideas.

"We must give a good long and hard look at the way we play the one-dayers," a visibly disappointed Dravid said.

Dravid refused to blame the pitch for Sunday's loss though added that winning the toss had its own advantage.

Pakistani captain Inzamam-ul-Haq won the toss and elected to bat on a flat track on which the visitors piled on 303 for eight in 50 overs.

India, in reply, were seen having problem in adjusting to the pitch before they were bowled out for 144.

"I don't want to use it (pitch) as an excuse. But of course it's a definitely good toss to win.

"But then they won two games despite losing the toss whereas we could not manage that."

Dravid also dismissed the theory that India paid the price for taking Pakistan, who had come after a poor show in Australia, lightly in both the Tests and one-day series.

"We never took them lightly. We played them three to four times since our tour of Pakistan last year. So we knew how they had developed over the past few months. They are a very strong team in the ODIs."

The Indian captain agreed that the outcome of the series could have been different had India got a good start, in both batting and bowling.