Bangalore: Indian cricket captain Rahul Dravid has send out an ominous signal to World Cup rivals, saying his team was not only motivated but "fully equipped" to do well in Caribbean conditions.

Dravid said his players were not unduly bothered about the nature of pitches in the West Indies and were motivated in fetching the desired results.

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"I don't want to go there with any pre-conceived ideas that wickets will be slow or fast. I believe that we've got the team that can do well in all conditions if we play to our potential," Dravid said.

Most of the pitches have been relaid for the cricketing extravaganza starting March 13 and there has been a lot of speculation about how they will behave.

Speaking to reporters after a panel discussion at Bangalore on Friday night, Dravid said that the Indian team had the talent to take on the big challenge in World Cup Cricket 2007.

"Our chances in the World Cup are good, World Cup is a unique event. If you get on a bit of a roll there you can crack whatever the opposition you are facing like we did the last time. It's a question of performance in the two months that matters "  said Dravid

Rahul added "Honesty is the best way to get the message across to a non-performer. I think we've to be honest to people. Not that we're trying to find a solution for them. We always believe that we try to make every one a better player,". Thus sending out a clear message that player who doesn't perform well have to sit at dressing room.

"I don't always pick the teams which is the selectors' job, who look to the talent available at the domestic level. I'm sort of more involved in really picking the first eleven. My focus really takes over once the squad of fifteen is picked" Rahul commented on selection process"

Every time you come on to play for your country, that itself is a motivation. But having led the side over a period of time I've realised that the amount of cricket we play we do need to motivate people," the captain said.

"One of the best ways we have found for motivation is to give them more and more challenges. Lot of these cricketers are ambitious young men and really keen on succeeding and doing well.

"If you give them the same rules time and again, make them do the same things there is a chance that they may stagnate or may not grow. I think that's the worst thing that can happen to a team. For us to grow as a team the individuals in the team need to grow."

But it's different rules for different people, he felt. From cricket point of view where we stand in the history of the game, what we would like to be remembered as at the end of our careers, people we can look up to, like mentors or great performers of the past, are all motivation factors for us," Dravid.