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Tiwary has now left it on the selectors to decide his fate. "My dream has always been to play Test cricket. It's up to the selectors to decide if they want me, to show some faith in me as far as Test selection is concerned. My job is to score runs and I will keep doing that till I play first-class cricket. Let's see what happens. "It does get difficult because you have to perform constantly. The competition is so high that you can't afford to miss a few innings, because then you have to go back a few months in the selection. At times it is difficult, but having said that, these are the challenges I love to face. "When people talk about me and say I don't have technique to play Test cricket, I listen to them but I love to go out and prove them wrong and, more importantly, I like proving that to myself. As long as I go out and score runs and help my team, nothing else matters." The batsman naturally, was delighted to have scored runs against an international side. "I'm very happy with my contribution. Most importantly, it's come against a touring side. Obviously compared to the quality of bowling we face in domestic cricket, it's much better and if you score runs against them, it gives you great satisfaction. After all the hard work we do, it feels good when the results come. About the day's game plan he said, "After playing a couple of overs in the morning, the plan was to bat till the tea session. I could have easily carried on batting but I played a loose shot and lost out on 20-25 runs. The idea was to score quickly, but in trying to hit a good ball, I got out. "It was a comfortable wicket to bat on, because it's on the slower side and the ball is not going off the wicket for the spinners. Only a bit of turn is there. So you have to keep bowling at the right areas to test the patience of the batsmen. Eventually, the batsman will have to make mistakes." More