Cricketics Posted August 6, 2011 Posted August 6, 2011 World cup is gone. We are world champs. Only one yound dude, Kohli deserved the chance. and he got it. So much for young line up. I think in long long time it's a fantastic decision made by selectors to build the team. It's important tour for INdia. We play big odi series. You never know, when the guys like Rohit Sharma or any other youngsters start having brain farts and throw their wicket on crucial stage. With No Yuvraj(the mvp from the wc) we needed someone as good as Dravid who can stay there. Brilliant move. HATS OF TOO DRAVID. HE IS ALREADY AMONG SOME RUNS. AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO JUST PLAY ODI CRICKET FOR A WHILE. He is pretty good we all know. I can bet already, this dude will score atleast with over 40 run average. May be 60 also. He's that bloody good. We all know that. Come on don't just ignore that this guy scores whenever he turns up. RAHUL DRAVID FOR INDIAN TEAM.. YES BLOODY YES. just copy-pasting what I wrote somewhere on first thought when I saw R.D was picked for ODI'S. WELCOME BACK TRUE CHAMPION - :cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:
rahuld9 Posted August 6, 2011 Posted August 6, 2011 Rahul Dravid - In Odi Team What???? Indian selectors gone mad??? Where's he going to bat for a start? Sehwag, Sachin, Gambhir. He's only suited to top order.
urbestfriend Posted August 6, 2011 Posted August 6, 2011 Dravid's selection for ODI squad I am a big fan of Dravid but I dont understand this selection. What the f*** was srikanth thinking when he selected Dravid. We have a world cup winning ODI team in which Dravid is not part of, so why not give a chance to an young player if Yuvi is injured. Some one like Rahane or Muknd should've got chance instead of Dravid. :mad:
Sooda Posted August 6, 2011 Posted August 6, 2011 Indeed. Indeed. Indeed. Rahane should have been there.
Crookbond Posted August 6, 2011 Posted August 6, 2011 The baffling decision to recall Rahul Dravid ESPN Cricinfo http://es.pn/r31yAJ Hey Rahul, some of these youngsters don't seem to fancy tough pitches, and those bouncers in the World Twenty20 in England were plain nasty. Do you mind playing ODIs in the South African pre-summer? Hey Rahul, we know you were our second-highest run-getter in the matches you played on the comeback, but look at those flat pitches full of 400 runs, do you mind making way for the future of Indian cricket? Then again, we are sending an even worse message to the youngsters: that they are not good enough for the tough conditions. Two years later, with Dravid well past his 38th birthday: Hey Rahul, our strike bowler has pulled up sore, do you mind keeping wicket while the captain bowls a few overs? Hey Rahul, one of our openers delayed his surgery so he could play IPL and is missing now, and the other opener got injured during the match. Do you mind opening the innings soon after you have finished keeping wicket? Hey Rahul, these English conditions seem tough again. We know we are world champions in this format without you, but do you mind seeing us through this series? Yes, we know we punted on an untested opener in the most important Test series of the year, but we don't trust one of the youngsters to face the semi-old white Kookaburra that does less than the red Duke, loses its shine earlier, and cannot be bounced over the shoulder more than once in an over. Never mind that you might not make it to the XI, because we might need all three of Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma to fill in the fifth bowler's quota anyway. Balanced squad has never been our forte, you know, otherwise how would Wriddhiman Saha have made his Test debut as a batsman? By the way, you could keep wicket again, freeing up the captain to bowl a few overs. Or do you fancy having a bowl yourself? And just so that there are no hard feelings later, after this series, when Rajkot and Hyderabad are pregnant with the possibility of 400 runs and knee-high bounce, we might have to drop you again. But you know that already from how we didn't tell you what we expected of you the last time, and then left you out without a word on your future. You can't stand in the way of the future of Indian cricket, can you? And we know you will show little sense of entitlement despite having scored close to 11,000 runs in the format. You won't moan in the press, there won't be any tantrums or disillusionment. Who knows two years down the line we might call you up for ODIs again? So keep hitting that gym, or whatever you do to stay in top condition.
Crookbond Posted August 6, 2011 Posted August 6, 2011 Sanjay Manjrekar : Dravid's selection shows panic http://es.pn/nacR8n
Guest Gunner Posted August 6, 2011 Posted August 6, 2011 Srikkanth&Co must go, they deserve the sack for this decision.
urbestfriend Posted August 6, 2011 Posted August 6, 2011 Srikkanth&Co must go' date=' they deserve the sack for this decision.[/quote'] This is OTT, Dravid is a legend and he can still score in ODI but this selection is baffling as we always used limited overs to give opportunities to young talents.
Andy Posted August 6, 2011 Posted August 6, 2011 What a Stupid Selection, To win the 3rd and 4th test BCCI must call Kumble and Ganguly out of Retirement too.
SachDan Posted August 6, 2011 Posted August 6, 2011 Terrible selection! Now that he's part of the squad, he can't be benched.Don't know how they are going to accommodate him in a strong ODI batting line-up comprising of Sachin,Sehwag,Gambhir,Kohli,Rohit,Raina and Dhoni!
master22 Posted August 6, 2011 Posted August 6, 2011 ^^ rd is better than rohit for sure...but i dont agree with rd's selection because he is almost 39 yrs old so this seems a shortsighted decision!
Sid Posted August 6, 2011 Posted August 6, 2011 Bizzare selection,Dravid can only bat at N0.4 .Dont know why we have pressed the panic button.
Andy Posted August 6, 2011 Posted August 6, 2011 ^^ rd is better than rohit for sure...but i dont agree with rd's selection because he is almost 39 yrs old so this seems a shortsighted decision! Its not about being Better, Kumble can still come in and take more wickets than Dartbhajan Singh. VVS can still come and do better than Rohit in the ODI Side.
Rahul Dravid Posted August 6, 2011 Posted August 6, 2011 hes my hero. but i dont know if this was needed. im sure he will perform well... but the thing is.. he has played ipl, wi, eng tests... continous cricket... do u really wana make him play odis?.. or take rest and prepare for the big Aussie tour?... hmm.
SachDan Posted August 6, 2011 Posted August 6, 2011 Only way Dravid's selection can be justified is by him keeping wickets and Dhoni playing as a 'bowling' all-rounder. In Yuvraj's absence we're clearly short of one bowler..If Dravid gets included in the XI purely as a batsman, we might be forced to play five regular bowlers since I can't see Sachin and Sehwag bowling in the near future.
Andy Posted August 6, 2011 Posted August 6, 2011 Only way Dravid's selection can be justified is by him keeping wickets and Dhoni playing as a 'bowling' all-rounder. In Yuvraj's absence we're clearly short of one bowler..If Dravid gets included in the XI purely as a batsman' date= we might be forced to play five regular bowlers since I can't see Sachin and Sehwag bowling in the near future. :giggle:
zen Posted August 6, 2011 Posted August 6, 2011 Could have picked an all-rounder in place of either Ishant or Vinay The X1 - Sehwag - 10 - GG - Dravid / Kohli / Rohit / Raina - Dravid / Kohli / Rohit / Raina - Dhoni - ALL ROUNDER (?) - Ashwin - PK - Zak - Munaf
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