Veteran Indian cricketer Rahul Dravid, who scored his 34th test ton on the second day of the second Test against England at Trent Bridge on Saturday, has expressed disappointment with the team's batting performance."I mean, obviously, a little disappointing to be from 267(runs) for 4 (wickets) to 288 (runs) all out, but yeah, this is the way it is, not much you can do at the moment. You know, obviously, when you look at the game we had them 124 (runs) for 8 (wickets) at one stage, they got 221(runs) and we were 267 (runs) for 4 (wickets); you know we collapsed," Dravid told mediapersons at the end of the second day's play on Saturday."I mean in a tight game on a tough wicket when you know it's going to be a low scoring game you know these things are important, but at least we are 50-50, its evens-stevens in the game and we can give ourselves a chance by playing well," he added.Dravid, who scored a brilliant 117 to become the joint second highest century maker from India along with Sunil Gavaskar, said that he believes in playing one ball at a time and he does not plan too much."I tried not to think too much about it, you know and just play one ball at a time really and focus on each and every ball and try to get each and every ball my utmost concentration and try and be fully present to play one ball at a time, that's it. I don't think too much about it, I don't really plan too much about it," he said.Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the highest number of test centuries with 51 tons.England, who lead the four-match series 1-0 after winning the first Test at Lord's, are seeking a sixth straight series victory.The underlying prize from the four-match Test series is the battle for number one status in the world rankings. Number three England need to win by at least two Tests to leapfrog South Africa and topple top-ranked India.

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