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'Don't worry or fear, just perform'


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Rahul Dravid virtually threw a bait at his under-performing middle order batsmen by asking them to answer to their critics with a strong performance. More... 'Don't worry or fear, just perform'

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Nottingham, July 26: Indian captain Rahul Dravid virtually threw a bait at his under-performing middle order batsmen by asking them to answer to their critics with a strong performance in the second cricket Test against England. Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman had all flopped in the first Test at the Lord's, where India managed to save the match after rains ruled out the final session. "When you are playing international cricket you are being judged all the time. We have heard this before. It's just a part and parcel of playing international sport," Dravid said. "If people don't perform, and results don't come, then you are going to hear such things. The only way to answer this criticism is to perform. It's not something to worry, or fear, about. It's life!" he said on the match eve. On the reputations of seniors Indian batsmen hardly matching their performances in recent times, and if there was too much pressure on them, Dravid said pressure would always be there when you play for the country. "Reputations are built only on performances. You can't have big reputations without performances. You don't expect the young and inexperienced guys to perform because they have not done it before. When you play for India, pressure will always be there because there are expectations and there's a responsibility to do well. Anyway, reputations do not matter. Every game starts at 0-0. It's how you perform that matters."
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I guess he must have realised there is no point in keep on saying we are all dong well and just a knock away from good form. At times you have to put your foot down and express yourself. There is no point hiding the fact that the batting has been a bane in the recent years. I suppose he's hinting at everyone to perform to keep the rest shut.

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