It’s a difficult choice to make. We have Viru (Virender Sehwag) and Sachin (Tendulkar) opening the innings, Gauti (Gautam Gambhir) at no. 3 and Yuvraj at no 4. The next slot available is no. 5.

Oz are fiercely proud competitors and they have been a great side. I just try to be competitive and give my best. Like anyone else, I want to do well against the best team in the world.

Harbhajan Singh played well, but not well enough…

This is a long series which gives us an opportunity to come back into the series. Whichever side loses the first few games have ample time to come back.

I think my game is coming up well and I’m enjoying it. I live for special moments like this and want to do well in big moments.

We have gone through a period where we have won and lost a few games. The players are gelling well as a team, learning a lot about each other and are playing well.

I was asked about this (chasing Tendulkar) in SA. He`s been the benchmark for players. He`s going into his 20th yr which is a remarkable feat. His records would be hard for anybody to match.

It is important Michael is 100 percent fit before he comes back. So there is no point bringing him back half-baked because that will be a disaster for him.