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Security net wraps Indian cricketers

Ganguly focuses only on cricket

Sports Reporter
Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly brushed aside the security bug when his side arrived in Dhaka yesterday to play two Tests and three one-day internationals.
"I'm not concerned about the security. We are here to play cricket and obviously we are not feeling any pressure," said Ganguly after his team landed at the Zia International Airport at around 1 pm.
But the security net put in and around the airport was probably unprecedented for any visiting cricket team following an unverified threat by a little-known Islamic militant group that put the first full scries between the two neighbours on a hold for the last few days.
Talking to a noisy press at the VVIP lounge, the 32-year-old Ganguly said that his side, fresh after
the 1-0 Test scries victory over South Africa, is here to play hard cricket to ensure a clean sweep.
"It is good that we have come here after a 1 -0 scries victory against South Africa which we got after two or three bad matches. We arc looking forward to continue the good form in Bangladesh and win both thcTcst and one-day scries," hesaid.
The successful Indian captain will lead one of the most devastating batting line-ups that includes Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Virender Schwag and WS Laxman when the first Test begins at Dhaka’s Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday.
The visitors arc scheduled to play the second Test at Chittagong which is expected to receive the green signal sometime today after an apparently satisfying visit of the
five-member Indian inspection team, which flew into the port city yesterday morning and put forward some recommendations.
Ganguly said that they are not taking the series against Bangladesh as a warm-up for their next assignment against arch-rivals Pakistan.
"Our home series against Pakistan is scheduled in next March which I think is far away. We always think series by series," he said.
India played in Bangladesh's Inaugural Test in 2000 but the two teams have not met in a five-day contestsincethen.
Bangladesh have so far played 32 Tests with only three draws under their belt. But Ganguly did not want to consider theTest babes as pushovers.
"They are new to Test cricket, obviously they need more time to settle. I believe that they will try to play their best cricket against us." SQUAD
Sourav Ganguly (captain), Rahul Dravid; Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Venkatsai Laxman, Mohammad Kaif, Dinesh Karthik, Irfan Pathan, Zaheer Khan, Shib Paul, Gagandeep Singh, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh and Murali Kartik.