June 18, 2002
Bracing for Blighty
Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Niranjan Shah, tour manager Rajiv Shukla and India vice-captain Rahul Dravid address the media at the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai on the eve of the team's departure for England.
Dravid faced the media in the absence of skipper Sourav Ganguly whose flight from Kolkata was delayed.
The Indian team will play a limited-overs triangular tournament involving England and Sri Lanka, followed by a four-Test series with England.
Text: Faisal Shariff. Photographs: Jewella C Miranda