Mind game?

This refers to the statement of the New Zealand cricket coach, Gary Stead that Varun Chakravarthy will be a big threat in their Championship Finals match against India. This is nothing but a mind game by the Black Caps to negate his bowling powers.

Our bowlers should not get complacent with what they did during the pool match. Similar is their excuse of the venue advantage charges against MIB and their travelling difficulties between Dubai-Pakistan-Dubai. Our team should not get carried away with such gimmicks, which is just a mind game.

It would be better for our players to concentrate to play positively and to their cent percent potential to conquer our nemesis in the ICC Championships.

Vinay Mahadevan,

Al Nahada, Dubai