Just read an article about some coincidental things happening in careers of Dravid & Ganguly. Ganguly struggled at the end of his career n then decided to quit during test series vs Australia. Similar happenings with Dravid as well n it cant be ruled out that Dravid would like to retire in test series against Aus. Well, my mind doesn't agrees he should be retiring yet. He is more accomplished batsman than Ganguly n he need not be following in his footsteps. But its time now he has to show again his class n make the selectors believe that there is lot of fire still in him. A big international tournament, high quality opposition, pace-bouncy conditions, poor current ODI middle order... This is a ideal opportunity to show selectors he is still valuable to be in other format of the game and he has it in him the caliber thats quite lacking in our ODI squad. If RCB wins the CL and/or Dravid puts in a smashing performance, he is bound to be noticed n be under serious consideration for being recalled in ODIs knowing the current incompetency of our middle order. Now if that happens, i hope its not just for the sake of 1-2 series where his service is used n then again dropped off! If he does get a recall n he performs series winning feats in his comeback, he is not likely to be dropped at all. A commanding performance next month in series with Australia wont impact his comeback in ODIs like the way its can in the CL... For that to happen, Dravid has to be for RCB what Sachin was for Mumbai Indians in the last IPL.
A great a great tournament, great teams, great opportunity... n u can expect greats like him to rise to the occasion. 'The Wall' needs to stand tall again!
Dravid is one of the classical batsmen in the world. Has all the things that an ideal international cricket standard recommends. India can replace anybody but not the classical legend/Mr.Dependent/The Wall/ Rahul Dravid. Please bring back Dravid in ODIs ... katti.bsj@gmail.com
lot of new names taking here. cool! good to see that. I never said he will retire, infact i m writing about y he need not yet retire. Its will be a sad end if he retires in poor form. It shudnt give a feeling tht he retired becoz he was not required. A legend shud sign off with style n honour!
Exactly holmes.Dravid needs to show he still has the fire power in him and he is very much suited for ODIS as told by the pakistani bowler Wasim Akram.CLT20 is very crucial for Rahul Dravid.he really needs to get going.Australia and new zeland series are important too.lets wait for the best.Hope the wall stands TALL!:)
I'm sure Dravid will come up something special this CLT20. I'm still holding onto the smidgen of hope that he will be back for ODIs and the WC. I gotta confess, don't bother watching ODIs anymore. It just boggles my mind that when they had dropped Dravid(and then dropped him again after CT) his supposed replacements were the Rohit Sharmas and the Yuvraj Singhs. Dravid is way more fit than these young bones. And as a person in the fashion field, I gotta say the people who are still calling Dhoni and Yuvraj to walk the ramp must be quite desperate...they're overweight and unfit not just for cricket, but for the ramp as well! Sorry to be snarky, but it is what it is.
Well i think he will be recalled because the first reason is southafrica.
The second one is:The midlle order is not in good touch.
But kallis should help him.If he faces all 60 balls and scoring 59 runs is not needed.
I'm sure if things work out well, He would be called back for the ODI series.. I'm totally confident of Dravid putting up a Brilliant performance in this CL T20.. :)
I wish Srikanth uses his brains atleast now & decide to shuffle the team... Players like Yuvaraj, Karthik, Rohith or even Ishanth aren't doing any worthy job out there..
definately. if kallis nd team management of rcb will give him a chance to bat. but if they will try the same thing which they did in IPL this year. then God will help Rcb. As far as Dravid is concern i don’t think these crap selectors r going to select him. Bcz they think running between the wicket nd fileding is very imp. nd they r ryt. But the situation of current indian batsmen suggests that they r not gud enough to tuch the ball so how can they run? they can run only if they will touch the ball nd stay at the wicket.
presently the bowlers we hav got can bowl better at ltl bit bowler friendly wicket nd the batsmen we got can only bat on flat tracks. And Indian team management is going wid flat tracks. But if u will see the performence of young Indian batsmen in last 2 years. they hav struggled againt a good fast bowler. series aaisnt australia is a very good example as well as both t20 world cups.
definately. if kallis nd team management of rcb will give him a chance to bat. but if they will try the same thing which they did in IPL this year. then God will help Rcb. As far as Dravid is concern i don't think these crap selectors r going to select him. Bcz they think running between the wicket nd fileding is very imp. nd they r ryt. But the situation of current indian batsmen says they can run only if they will touc the ball nd stay at the wicket.
presently the bowlers we hav can bowl better at ltl bowler friendly wicket d the batsmen we got can only bat on flat tracks. And Indian team management is going wid flat tracks. But if u will see the performence of young Indian batsmen in last 2 years. they hav struggled againt a good fast bowler. series aaisnt australia is a very good example as well as both t20 world cups.
yep and for tht he needs to be given more chnces up the order by the rcb coachin staff i mean comin down at 6th won't help.....he needs to be at his usual position no.3 and with his experience in SA he can score a lot..and yeah he's still got abt 3-4 yrs cricket left in him so anyways u won't see any retiring from him in the comin days :) he's the best and always will be hopin for a gr8 cl tenure for him :)
The sad part is the Politics played by the great MSD. When a certain Raina is being played repeated despite his weakness being exploited by the entire cricketing world, and no place for Uthappa, do we really keep hopes on a Dravid recall?!
Just read an article about some coincidental things happening in careers of Dravid & Ganguly. Ganguly struggled at the end of his career n then decided to quit during test series vs Australia. Similar happenings with Dravid as well n it cant be ruled out that Dravid would like to retire in test series against Aus. Well, my mind doesn't agrees he should be retiring yet. He is more accomplished batsman than Ganguly n he need not be following in his footsteps. But its time now he has to show again his class n make the selectors believe that there is lot of fire still in him. A big international tournament, high quality opposition, pace-bouncy conditions, poor current ODI middle order... This is a ideal opportunity to show selectors he is still valuable to be in other format of the game and he has it in him the caliber thats quite lacking in our ODI squad. If RCB wins the CL and/or Dravid puts in a smashing performance, he is bound to be noticed n be under serious consideration for being recalled in ODIs knowing the current incompetency of our middle order. Now if that happens, i hope its not just for the sake of 1-2 series where his service is used n then again dropped off! If he does get a recall n he performs series winning feats in his comeback, he is not likely to be dropped at all. A commanding performance next month in series with Australia wont impact his comeback in ODIs like the way its can in the CL... For that to happen, Dravid has to be for RCB what Sachin was for Mumbai Indians in the last IPL.
A great a great tournament, great teams, great opportunity... n u can expect greats like him to rise to the occasion. 'The Wall' needs to stand tall again!