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opponent
which included players like Mohammedan Mohammed, Piyush Chawla
and Rudra Pratap Singh. Muzumdar said, "It is the quarter-final
of the Ranji Trophy and we knew it very well that our opponent
is much stronger then the earlier opponents in this season.
But still I hope my boys would be able to give good fight
here also as I feel they are capable to do so."
On the other hand, coach Subhrajit Saikia felt that their
elite group preparation would start from tomorrow. "We
promoted to the top tier this season but I felt that our preparation
will start from this match as in the next year we have to
face those teams who would be of similar standards,"
said Saikia. He also added that there may be one extra batsman
in the team dropping one pace bowler as the game would be
held in Maliagon in mind the unpredictable behaviour of the
wicket.
Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh who played the Ranji Trophy final
last season, would be led by Team India discard Mohammed Kaif.
The entire team did their final work out at the Maligaon stadium
and later talking to the mediapersons Kaif today said that
his team is not taking Assam lightly. "The team this
season promoted to elite group and it is not possible unless
the team performed consistently in the tournament."
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