Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid knows that his team will be underdogs in their Wednesday’s clash at their home ground, Sawai Man Singh stadium, here against the much-fancied Mumbai Indians. But, he is not complaining and feels that his team has players for every situation to fight.
“They are a very strong side. They have a lot of big players and spend a lot of money for them. They have a lot of depth and the kind of reserve, they have, you say awe. We will be underdogs against them and we have no issue with it. We like to be called underdogs. We have to be at our best against them,” Rahul Dravid told reporters at the post-match press conference after the Royals defeated Kings XI Punjab by six wickets on Sunday to register their third win in four matches of this edition of Indian Premier league.
Arguably India’s greatest No 3 batsman said that unlike previous editions, this time the team has got every base covered and has a variety of players who can succeed in every condition.
“I have told this before as well that in the last edition we found a weakness in our death bowling and we had certain plans to counter it during the auction. I believe we have got good bowlers for the new ball and also for death overs,” Dravid said while adding that the middle-order, which seems to be a bit fragile, has enough depth with Brad Hodge and Stuart Binny in good form.
“Binny has done reasonably well in the couple of matches that he has played so far and this failure (against KXIP) is one of the things to forget. As far as the matter of Hodge batting up the order is concerned I feel he has been very good in accelerating at the end overs. If need arises, he can be promoted up the order. The good thing is that we now have enough options for all the positions and can shuffle in accordance with the need of the hour.
“Sanju Samson got the chance today (on Sunday) and he played well. So, we have healthy competition inside the team. Hopefully, we can make it to the play-offs. We like to fight and I can assure you that this team will fight,” Dravid signed off.