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We won't play for a draw: Ganguly
"Obviously, we will try and win this game (third Test)," Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly said.
Already one-up in the series, India would not play a negative game to draw the third and final cricket Test commencing in Bangalore on Thursday, skipper Sourav Ganguly said on Wednesday.
"Obviously, we will try and win this game. I don't think we need to go with the mindset that win (in the second Test at Kolkata) was enough. We will try and play the way we played in the last two matches," he said at a pre-match press conference.
India won the Kolkata Test by convincing 195 runs while the first Test at Mohali was drawn.
Ganguly described the wicket at M Chinnaswamy Stadium as good and said it would help spinners.
Asked if he was "surprised" by a below par performance by Pakistani bowlers, he said he did not want to talk about the visiting side at this stage and probably make comments after the series.
"Anything can happen. They have talented players," he said.
Ganguly did not believe that tension and intensity, that have been a part of the India-Pakistan encounters, have come down in the present series compared to the earlier times.
"I don't think so. There was tension in both dressing rooms (during the first two Tests). I think competitiveness will never go. Two Test matches got over very quickly. India-Pakistan matches will always be India-Pakistan matches," he said.
Ganguly said he was keen to end his recent poor run with the bat and wanted to come out with a big innings.
"I need to get runs. I have not scored in the last two to three innings. I understand that I need to get runs. I will try my best."
Regarding his 3-1 combination in bowling in the first Test at Mohali he said, "it's not easy to read wickets".
