Indian captain Sourav Ganguly on Thursday expressed happiness over the composition of the 15-member squad for the coming Zimbabwe tour and said the team would have to work hard to win matches and set right the dismal overseas record.

"Yes, Yes, pretty much", Ganguly said,when asked by reporters in Bangalore whether he was happy with the selection of the team. Asked about India's poor record abroad, he said, "I am fed up of answering that question. We have a bad record. It is time we started changing it".

On India's prospects in Zimbabwe, he said "We want to do well and solve the problem. We have to play and work hard to win."

Asked about India losing the series to Zimbabwe last time around, Ganguly said, "We lost the Test match which we should have won."

Regarding the conditioning camp at Bangalore, he said, "The boys were pretty focused from the beginning" and expressed happiness over the camp.

Meanwhile, the Indian team manager Chetan Chauhan said in New Delhi that the side would break the jinx during the tour of Zimbabwe beginning next week. "We are aware of our poor record since 1986 (when India under Kapil Dev defeated England). But this time, we will definitely break the jinx," Chauhan told 'Star News'.

The former Indian opening batsman said the confidence level of the team was high after it beat world champions Australia 2-1 in the home series. "The Zimbabwe tour is a real challenge. But I am fully confident that we will do well."

Chauhan said the team was a combination of young and experienced players. Commenting on the dearth of all-rounders in the side, the team manager said the country was on the look out for one ever since Kapil Dev departed. "We hope that we will soon find an all-rounder of Kapil's calibre."

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