Who will succeed Dravid as India's wall?

[GautiMaan]

Dravid's persona can never be replaced.But who do you think is the person best suited to replace him in the batting lineup?

[Sid]

MC BC :yay:

[vvvslaxman]

We are talking about Wall not hole.. what is badrinath doing there

[bajrang]

kohli, pujara maybe rahane. dravid's retirement will fast track pujara though.

[yoda]

Pujara is capable of long innings I think. Mukund may be, but he seems to have footwork issues.

[GautiMaan]

We are talking about Wall not hole.. what is badrinath doing there

You are ready to judge him with just 3 innings?

[vvvslaxman]

Knowing where the off stump is, rock solid defense, temperament - these are some of the traits of Dravid. Rahane, Pujara not sold yet. Kohli has the temperament for big innings. But his shot selection and off stump play has to improve at the test level as there will be more slips.

[vvvslaxman]

You are ready to judge him with just 3 innings?

He is genuinely found wanting against balls that are slightly quicker than Ranji trophy fast bowlers. He is always late on it. He sometimes looks totally hopeless. Actually i rate Dinesh Karthik above Badri

[Sid]

Badri made a complete fool of himself playing quicks in WI.That guy cant play quality pace.

[Stuge]

To hard to tell who will be our next great wall of India .

[maniac]

Why isn't Manoj Tiwary's name anywhere when we talk about the future?Not that I would have voted for him anyways but from what I saw he is not worse than Rohit(in terms of temparament) or Badrinath

[SLICKR392]

None! But I favor Badrinath. Still there is no one even close to being a good no.3! Kohli can replace Sachin and Rohit or Pujara can replace VVS! Dravid's slot is a big blow to India.

[vvvslaxman]

There is a case for moving Gauti down to no.3 and having someone like Mukund open the innings.

[zep1706]

I would like to see Pujara replacing him at #3. Kohli should play at #5 or #6 at this point and then at #4 after Sachin retires.

[master22]

Pujara at no 3 and kohli at 4 and no badrinath please he is a joke of a batsman.

[maniac]

There is a case for moving Gauti down to no.3 and having someone like Mukund open the innings.

That looks like the most logical way to go....but you never know Liked Mukund's temparament in England though...Looks a good prospect

[SLICKR392]

There is a case for moving Gauti down to no.3 and having someone like Mukund open the innings.

That's sounds better! Gauti can open and bat @ no.3. I hope we find a killer opener soon enough in the Domestic level or after the U19 world cup.

[GautiMaan]

There is a case for moving Gauti down to no.3 and having someone like Mukund open the innings.

I don't think gauti would take too kindly to that .He likes putting his body on the line before others doesn't he :--D

[Sachin=GOD]

There is a case for moving Gauti down to no.3 and having someone like Mukund open the innings.

If there's a case for moving one of the openers down the order then Sehwag will want to move because he has wanted to bat down the order IIRC. As for Dravid's replacement, I think it will be Pujara.

[Ponka]

Lets keep searching right now. Dont stop at one. Wouldn't mind if Dravid becomes part of Team's management somewhere.