Sachin's innings one of the best I have seen, says Dravid

Vadodara, Jan 31 (UNI) A pleased Indian captain Rahul Dravid today paid tributes to his team mates for the splendid show they put up here to win the final ODI and the series against West Indies.

Speaking to mediapersons after the team completed a 160-run rout of West Indies to bag the series 3-1, Dravid cautioned his team members against complacency and said the need of the hour was to keep fighting with the same spirit they had shown here.

The Indian captain had special words of praise for the man of the match and man of the series. Sachin Tendulkar describing his 76 ball 100 not out today as one of the best knocks he had seen from the blade of the master blaster.

''I would not say that we were worried over his form or anything of that sort, but after today's knock we can rest in peace that the master is well as truly back after his injury stints,'' Dravid said.

Speaking about the just concluded series, Dravid said, ''We will take a lot of confidence from the performance of some of the youngsters in this series forward to the Sri Lanka series and the World Cup.'' Dravid also said that their main area of focus now will be fielding. ''We fielded well in this match but we still need to keep working on it to become better and better. Our emphasis would now be on fielding,'' he said.

Regarding the World Cup squad, Dravid said they would have to take a lot of things into account before the final selection and every individual still stands a chance, he said.

Dravid did not rule out further experimentation, saying'' we will continue to do it as long as we need to experiment.'' The Indian captain also allayed any injury worries on him after he spent the duration of the West Indian innings in the dressing room. ''I have a slight hamstring problem but it has been sorted out,'' he added.

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