Canberra: The Australians love playing mind games but the Indian team will be ready for them, said left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha. He insisted that the visitors will remain calm to handle tough situations.

“One of the first point made in a team meeting was that they would try and come at you.

“You would have to be mentally strong and be calm and perform,” said Ojha, at the end of a three-day practice match against Chairman’s XI, at Manuka Oval, here, on Wednesday.

“I’m trying to be positive… Especially on this kind of wicket which wasn’t helping much on the first couple of days, I thought I bowled very well. That’s what I felt.”

The left-arm spinner was all praise for coach Duncan Fletcher.

“He’s a very experienced coach. He has got a lot of ideas. A couple of times he’s spoken to me about things, which were not spoken by other coaches. He’s got great idea about the game.”

Ojha also said that he is banking on tips from Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh who have advised him to try and extract bounce from the surface.

“I’m trying to be positive even though the batsmen stepped out to me. I was focusing on my strength. Before I came here, I spoke to Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh and took advices from them. They have told me to mix it. You would get bounce here, not much spin. So I am relying on pace and bounce,” Ojha said.