A lonely planet called Dravid

[coffee_rules]

lonely planet called Rahul Dravid TNN / Siddhartha Mishra NEW DELHI, November 20: For those who lead fishbowl lives as the men who form the Indian cricket team do, every bit, every piece is up for public consumption. Such is the overflow of inane images, information and inferences that we are sometimes lulled into keeping our eyes wide shut. Some bits and pieces, however, are more revealing than others. Let us consider the strange case of Rahul Dravid. At the Kotla on Tuesday, he gave the impression of being in that part of the world where former friends disappear, colleagues seem unresponsive and, while nobody actually does it, everybody seems to be pointing to the new dawn on the horizon. Precisely put, Dravid's address seemed to be Lonely Planet. Which is not to say that Dravid has not been a victim of misinterpretation in the past. Or that he did not go through the training drills enthusiastically or give anything less than his entire focus to his batting when it was his turn to put wood to leather. He did, as did the others. Only, he seemingly did everything 'alone'. Among the numerous synonyms of that word are: detached, forlorn, forsaken and friendless. On Tuesday, even as the Indian players worked up a sweat moving from running to fielding to batting and bowling over a two-hour session, there were always those moments when a funny remark was exchanged, an observation was made, or a suggestion was passed on. Dravid was neither at the sending or receiving end of such communication. So much so, the interaction with colleagues of another 'senior' player, the usual suspect when the subject of an individual being isolated within the team is raised, was visibly magnified. That Dravid held himself back or something intangible held him back from being part of those moments was discernible. But as discernible was others not making a genuine effort to breach this invisible 'great divide'. We tend to believe what we see but, in the big picture, what we see is not necessarily always true. And yet, if these suspicions of the worst bear even a whiff of the truth, it must be a surreal experience being Dravid. Rarely does a day pass in Indian cricket without an illusion. For this team's sake as much as Rahul Dravid's, one hopes Tuesday was an illusion. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Guest dada_rocks]

What the fcuk.. , hope this story turns out to be BS............

[Tugga]

I just read this in timesofindia...i didnt exactly understand what he meant 2 say by... "the interaction with colleagues of another 'senior' player, the usual suspect when the subject of an individual being isolated within the team is raised, was visibly magnified." SG? SRT?

[Gambit]

Typical masala article.

[Dravid]

load of crap

[DesiChap]

Typical bullcrap interpretation

[dial_100]

imagination. He is a lonely guy.... minds his own business.

[fineleg]

all rd needs to do is to score a 100

[theguyinallblue]

these news channels. and newspapers have no better things to do.. leave this guy alone..for money sake.. he is the only person who will take on aussies head on on their soil... he is preparing for it.. i really feel pity for paki bowlers now...for they will be suffering the most for no fault of theirs..:haha:

[kablooee87]

This might actually be good for him if he keeps his head. Just walk in, do your job, and reassure everyone once again of your worth.

[dvs7673]

RD is a class act, a total team man, brave hearted and extremely talented, but by leaving the captaincy he has shown his selfish side and he cannot be forgiven for that. SRT falls in the same boat, for Indian cricketers its not about what do on the field that matters the most, but is also off the field. The only person worth respecting out of the old brigade is dada ganguly and anil jumbo kumble, rest of the oldies are bunch of wussies when it comes to taking the brunt.

[beetle]

>>>but by leaving the captaincy he has shown his selfish side and he cannot be forgiven for that. Selfish!!!! What the bloody hell do you mean by that crap post? The guy gives up the most coveted post in the country because his batting was suffering and he couldn't lead by example ,which is probably the only way he knows how to lead..... Hecould easily have stuck to the post an kept his place safe but he chose to give it all up...and guys like you have the audacity to call him selfish. guys like you should ne ashamed of yourself. You don't deserve players like dravid.You deserve people who will do everything possible to stay captain even if it means selling their soul.

[beetle]

He is like that only... He is not likely to grind against shahrukh khan to stay a part of the "in" crowd.

[Anakin]

:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:Big words coming from someone who keeps calling everyone else selfish

[living]

The guy gives up the most coveted post in the country because his batting was suffering and he couldn't lead by example ,which is probably the only way he knows how to lead.....

Wish SG would learn.....

[King]

Rahul's usually detached and was the same when he was not the captain. That isn't to say the rest don't like him or he keeps away from the rest deliberately. When he's focussed he stays like this.