CALCUTTA, July 25: Non-playing captain Jaideep Mukherjea today expressed confidence that India will pull off a victory over Chile in the Davis Cup qualifying match to be played at the grass courts of Delhi Lawn Tennis Association on September 19, 20 and 21.

``We had earlier pulled it off against much higher rated Croatia which included players like Goran Ivanisevic. I'm sure my boys would be able to rise to the occasion this time as well,'' he said.

Jaideep said the match was going to be a very vital one as a victory would take India to the World Group.

``Our strategy would be to win the two singles against their second ranked player Fidel String whose ranking is lower than Leander and Bhupathi and win the crucial doubles,'' he said.

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