Dravid in no mood to give up

“It is not a very big target, but we will come out and fight hard tomorrow. It (fightback) is the goal for the series. Whenever we have been pushed down, we have bounced back. So we will carry it tomorrow as well,” Dravid said making India’s intentions clear that they would not surrender the 1-0 lead meekly on the final day tomorrow.

Dravid, who was unlucky to miss his century by just eight runs, said that another 80-odd runs lead on the difficult Melbourne Cricket Ground track could have put India in a commanding position.

“It was not the easiest of wickets to bat on but we did a lot of hard work and showed some character in scoring the runs. But probably we fell about 80 runs short. We would have liked to take a lead of 200 runs.”

Dravid said what India lacked was a big partnership and good contribution from batsmen down the order.