Rahul Dravid - A tribute to his ODI exploits
(Focused primarily on his One-day Career, since his test innings is still on) Last Friday, Rahul Sharad Dravid was playing his farewell ODI - emotional moment is it? I didn’t feel so, because his ODI career had effectively ended 4 years ago when he was dumped out of a Young Team India which started looking ahead and rightly so. Many are still angry on the selectors (that time it was Dilip Vengsarkar) but for me that looked a right move since Dravid was showing signs of slowing down and his participation in ODIs was allowing his impeccable test record to take a beating. He was very unwisely recalled for the Champions Trophy in 2009, dropped and recalled once again for the series against England. It’s a plainly ridiculous move and I have always believed Srikanth’s selection to be extremely similar to his batting - Cracker-jack. The very first memory I have of Rahul Dravid was when he repeatedly used to churn out huge scores for Karnataka, in the early nineties. Those days...