Our plans are in place: Sachin

Having been away from action for some time due to injury, Sachin Tendulkar returned to practice here ahead of the first Test against Australia. And while the visitors try to reiterate that they are the underdogs, Tendulkar insists that, despite being short on experience, Ricky Ponting's young guns cannot be taken lightly.
"They still have a lot of players who played first-class cricket back home," Tendulkar said talking to reporters here on the first day of a conditioning camp. "They (new entrants) have not played international cricket but that does not mean they cannot deliver. They have played a lot of cricket, and we would like to respect that. We don't want to be caught off guard," he said, adding that the Indian team would play with a well laid-out strategy to win the four-Test series. With the first Test beginning here on October 9, Sachin said the team management would have plenty of planning to do in the next few days regarding "the way we want to approach the series".
Tendulkar also declined to comment on the omission of former captain Sourav Ganguly for the Irani Cup and his absence from the camp. "I am not in a position to comment on that. I would leave that to the captain, coach and selectors who have actually taken certain decisions and they have certain ideas in their mind and we need to just abide by that," he said. "We just like to focus on our performance. It's India vs Australia. It's not certain individuals (in the Indian team) against certain individuals in their (Australian) side. Both the countries are competing against each other".
Sachin also brushed aside security concerns for the series, saying the Indians were confident they would never be targetted at home. "I don't think it (security concerns) bothers us. I don't think anyone can harm us," Tendulkar said.
"We have full confidence that nothing bad will happen. This is our homeland, we should be free to move wherever and whenever we want," the master batsman added. "I don't think there will be security concerns as such."
Asked about overtaking West Indian Brian Lara's record of 11,953 Test runs, Tendulkar said there was no question of relaxing.
"I have to concentrate and try to play well. If you play well, and if records come, it's good," Tendulkar, who is just 76 runs short of the milestone, said. He said the team had set certain targets in the four-Test series against Ricky Ponting's side, and every player was focussed on achieving that target.