I am surprised at the inclusion of Dravid in the probable’s list for the Champions Trophy and I am sure Dravid himself would have been taken aback.
When ICC itself is thinking of rejuvenating the The Champions Trophy, it is undoubtedly funny that the Indian selectors steered by the garrulous Srikanth have selected a player who last played an ODI during 2007 against Australia at Nagpur.
The only seemingly logical argument for his inclusion is that the ODI cricket tournament is to be played in South Africa and that too in Johannesburg and Pretoria, two grounds where Dravid had a measure of success during the IPL 2009.
If the selectors are considering Dravid for his technique, then it speaks poorly of the current crop of players. However, that argument fails if you consider that Raina and Rohit too had a superlative IPL 2009 especially at the Wanderers and at the Centurion.
In essence, I believe this retrograde step is unwarranted and more in line with giving the veteran of 333 ODI’s an opportunity to pad up his income. I say this with outmost conviction, Dravid is not going to play and hence another youngster in his place would have gained the much-needed exposure to the international cricket atmosphere.
Probables:
M S Dhoni
Virender Sehwag
Gautam Gambhir
Yuvraj Singh
Rohit Sharma
Sachin Tendulkar
Rahul Dravid
Suresh Raina
Yusuf Pathan
Abhishek Nayar
Ishant Sharma
Zaheer Khan
R P Singh
Praveen Kumar
Harbhajan Singh
Pragyan Ojha
Ravindra Jadeja
Dinesh Karthik
Munaf Patel
R Ashwin
M Vijay
Amit Mishra
Ajinkya Rahane
Dhawal Kulkarni
S Badrinath
Ashish Nehra
Virat Kohli
Bhuvneshwar Kumar Singh
Wridhiman Saha
Pankaj Singh.
8 comments:
selectors are just hiding in the shelter of big name...
But they already have Tendulkar.:)
I still hope Dravid will opt out. Man, he would suffocate in that Youngistan dressing room.
oh...i shud hv put another big name... ;-)
som...exactly my sentiments
Som,
Alternatively, his presence may suffocate the Youngistan dressing room.:)
Pan,
The big one is still lurking, picking and choosing games.:)
I thought the champions trophy was for the first three teams in the ipl and other finalists from other countries. Not surprised by Dravids inclusion. We never look forward.
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