India will carry on attacking: Wright

India coach John Wright says his batsmen must continue their natural attacking game so England can expect a second Test backlash from Sachin Tendulkar, according to captain Saurav Ganguly.

"I like to see our players playing their shots, because when we dominate we can take the game away from the opposition," said Wright on Wednesday at Trent Bridge.

He conceded that "some of the shots we play are easier to play in the sub-continent" but said his main concern was not rash shot selection but for the team to produce a better overall performance than in the heavy first Test defeat.

"We're trying to build a team who play for each other and fights hard," he said on the eve of the second Test.

India, regarded as one of world cricket's best batting units, lost the first of the four-match series by 170 runs after being dismissed cheaply in their first innings by an inexperienced England attack.

Tendulkar, the world's leading batsman, failed to reach 20 in both innings.

Ganguly, though, said: "He is the best player in the world and a match winner. He does help us win games but he should be allowed to fail once in a while."

Asked if he felt Tendulkar was due a big innings, he smiled before replying quietly: "Yes."

Leg-spinner Anil Kumble faces a fitness test on a calf strain just before the start of the game on Thursday.

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