Is it a revenge mission? As usual, a very polite answer came from the 34-year old skipper as he replied: "I don't really believe in revenge or revenge series or something like that. There is no place for it in our book. What there is, is a place to show your potential and play really, very good cricket and I think that's what we are looking to do here."

But everybody could understand how the Caribbean setback against Habibul Bashar's men has been haunting them after a vehement comment by former captain and all-rounder Shastri, who heard all those soft words of Dravid sitting beside him at the mini press conference at the Zia International Airport lounge and came out to make clear his team's intentions.

"Can I smile?" was his first reaction before the elaboration, "We know how well Bangladesh played in the World Cup but there is a very clear message for them that we came here to play hard, hard cricket, a kind of cricket that should give a lot of enjoyment to millions of fans who not only enjoy the game but also love it. And of course it would be a good entertainment."

India came to play the one-day series with a new-look side as master batsman Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly, two popular names, miss the party but Dravid showed no interest to talk about their omissions.

"I think we are very confident with the team we have and there are lot of experience players in the team as well as some very talented guys. We are happy with the kind of players we have and set to do very well," he responded by dismissing the notion that the team has lack of experience.

One of finest batsmen in the world, who has the experiences of playing 107 Tests and 313 ODIs, Dravid also assured that they have gathered adequate knowledge about the Bangladeshi players.

"There were a lot of young players in the Bangladesh team that we hadn't seen much of (before the World Cup). Now we have a lot more first-hand knowledge about some of their better players. We played each other and saw them on TV and I think it would make a good effect in the series," said Dravid, whose side were stunned by the assault of an unknown left-hand opener Tamim Iqbal in their World Cup match against Bangladesh.

Dravid also said that his boys are ready to take the challenge against the Bangladeshi left-arm spin trio.

"They (Mohammad Rafique, Abdur Razzak and Shakib Al Hasan) bowled well in the World Cup but I am not sure about the condition here. We got some good players of spin and there are some spinners also in the side, so it would be a good contest," he said.

The Indian captain dismissed fears that the sweltering heat could be an issue during the three-match one-day and two-match Test series.

"The weather is the same for both teams and a lot of our players endure similar conditions in India. It is not that we are coming from somewhere where the weather is very different from here, so I don't think it's really an issue for us. Actually we are used to this kind of condition. We had a good camp in Kolkata, the boys really acclimatised well," he explained.