Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Dravid's omission: Pains me

Way back in my TCS placement interview to the question of who is my favorite cricketer I had answered Rahul Dravid and it is shocking to see him out of the Indian team now. Though my answer in the TCS interview was just to sound different than the usual Sachin Tendulkar, I have to confess that Dravid has been one of the pillars of Indian cricket in recent times. How can we forget the contributions he has made to the famous Australian tour when we managed to salvage some pride or the Calcutta test against Australia where India won the game after being made to follow on, which changed the approach of follow on forever(Now teams don't ask teams to follow on ). How can we forget the role he played in 2003 world cup directly with the runs he scored and indirectly with him donning the double role of wicket keeper batsman so that India could play the extra batsman. I am not a vivid supporter of historical statistics and I don't argue that he should be kept in the team based on his previous performances. But replacing him for someone like Sehwag is what pains me. Sehwag's form is known to all. Dravid has an impressive record against Pakistan. Can Indian selectors be brave enough to leave him out of the Australian tour? Then why this step motherly treatment towards him ?
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6 comments:

  1. VijeshOctober 31, 2007 at 11:45 PM

    Play Hard
    or
    Go Home

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  2. Natraj MNovember 2, 2007 at 11:38 AM

    Then what abt Sachin and Ganguly.. and y on earth Sehwag back instead of Dravid..

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  3. VijeshNovember 2, 2007 at 2:22 PM

    See basically Indian team is not picked based on ppl who want to play roles. Its seniority basis. Teams like Aus pick based on role. Say a fast bowler is injured and replaced by another and the replacement performs well. He will not be retained in the team just for his performance. But in India if there are 5 bowlers in form, they will picked for the next game irrespective of what the match requires.

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  4. Natraj MNovember 2, 2007 at 2:57 PM

    that's the problem. If we have to catch up with the champions, start thinking and working like them.

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  5. VijeshNovember 2, 2007 at 3:25 PM

    we have already began! First comment says that.

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  6. Natraj MNovember 2, 2007 at 3:51 PM

    Don't just remove non-performing players. Select to a plan. Replace them with proper players who have justified their performance.

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