PTI
 
St John’s (Antigua), Jun 7: Indian skipper Rahul Dravid says the performance of his largely inexperienced bowling line-up on the final day was the biggest positive that his team could draw from the first Test which they came agonisingly close to winning.
 
"If you look at the result, you might feel disappointed, but for me it is important that we play good cricket and that we did on the day," Dravid said after the match.

"Today’s performance has given me a lot of heart. All of them were very keen to bowl. They wanted to bowl under the pressure. People were turning their arms over (in the final stages) and looking at me (in order to bowl)."

However, Dravid pleaded fans not to put too much pressure on the young seamers yet and expect them to be tearaway fast bowlers.

"India shouldn’t start building up hype about the young fast bowling talents," he said.

"In India, we sometimes get carried away when we see a fast bowler. We suddenly start calling them fast and quick. We have to realise they are not going to be 150-plus bowlers,” he said.