All the reaction from the Indian camp after they recorded the fourth-highest successful run chase in Test cricket to beat England by six wickets in the first Test in Chennai.
Sachin Tendulkar: "This becomes a very, very special victory. To score 387 is something (to be proud of) on a track where the ball is bouncing and jumping at the end.
"I think this is a very, very important hundred because I always say if the team wins then the hundred becomes very special and today this hundred is very important.
"The gameplan was to wait for opportunities to score runs because you can't afford to get bogged down. It was the kind of wicket where the bounce meant you could always play shots, we looked to put the bad balls away."
Yuvraj Singh: "Sachin said to play your natural game because obviously he has played more Test match cricket than me.
"It is a dream come true for me. I dreamed one day I'm going to win a Test match alongside him and now I have done that."
MS Dhoni: "We raised our standards and do not forget the playmaker in Virender Sehwag, without his innings we would have been defending this Test match. His innings gave Sachin and Yuvraj the opportunity to win. Sachin was brilliant and Yuvraj amazing, because there was pressure.
"It was important to play the next two days with a lot of intensity. In those two days, the amount of sessions we have won, that is why we have won this Test match.
"We have seen over the years in India, on the fourth and fifth day, the game changes a lot and it changes very quickly."
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