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This is an archive article published on August 25, 2004

Match with Pak silver lining in Argentina draw

Indian players see a silver lining in the late draw against Argentina 8212; it has given them the chance to play Pakistan tomorrow. 8216;...

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Indian players see a silver lining in the late draw against Argentina 8212; it has given them the chance to play Pakistan tomorrow.

8216;8216;Anyone would like to win, but we don8217;t mind the draw either8217;8217;, leading striker Gagan Ajit Singh told The Indian Express today. 8216;8216;We would have played Pakistan in any case, and everyone knows that an India-Pakistan match is special. We are looking forward to it.8217;8217;

Indeed, after all the negative publicity garnered over the past ten days in Athens, there appears a new-found camaraderie in the team, a desire to end the tournament on a high note.

Like the 8220;Great Indian Huddle8221;, the team has decided to back each other in the face of adverse comments from the media.

8216;8216;We have been losing because of poor umpiring, not a rift in the team8217;8217;, Gagan said. 8216;8216;Both against Australia and New Zealand, we had almost drawn, but biased umpiring did us in.8217;8217;

However, after the backlash in the face of player revolt against the chief coach Gerhard Rach, none of the players was willing to speak out about the face-off. 8216;8216;Let us concentrate on our match, these things can be talked about later8217;8217;, said a senior player, refusing to come on record.

8212; Uthra Ganesan

 

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