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| End of era coming close in Indian Cricket |
| Monday, January 21, 2008 |
The Indian team for the Common Wealth Bank series involving India, Australia and Sri Lanka was announced yesterday and notable absentees from the selection were Saurav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid. Rahul Dravid was overlooked by the selectors after the India lost ODI series to Australia at home and Rahul Dravid was failing to make any impression in that series and just concluded series against England in England. Saurav Ganguly on the other hand had a good run in the ODI cricket averaging 44 in shorter version of the game after his comeback into the side. Apart from that he also took crucial wickets in some of the games. Therefore it was a surprise not only for Saurav Ganguly but Indian cricket fans because the Virender Sehwag the guy replacing Saurav Ganguly has not been impressive in ODI cricket for a long time now.
With the selectors overlooking Suarav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid for ODI cricket with 2011 World Cup in mind it is quite evident that the dawn of the Big Three of Indian cricket Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Saurav Ganguly is coming to an end. The selectors have made it clear that although Sachin Tendulkar is in the side but he will be featuring in at most 5 out of 8 league games involving India.
With all the three players in their mid 30s and not as flexible in the field and running between the wickets it was quite obvious that they will be making way for the younger lot. The T20 victory has had a huge impact on the selectors thinking about young players. Guys like Suresh Raina, Manoj Tiwari and Piyush Chawla are touted to be the future of the Indian cricket and it is good opportunity to get them into the team before the next edition of the World Cup when it is quite clear that none of the Big Three will make it to the World Cup. Therefore, although many people will criticise the decision of the selectors but it a right step forward.
In Test match cricket though, the three will still be handling the bulk of Indian batting along with VVS Laxman for at least 2 years. Since all of them are of similar ages it will be wise to start preparing young Indian batsmen for the Test cricket otherwise we could have a situation in future where all the four retiring at same time and not enough quality players to replace them. Therefore, it is imperative that the team management and selectors start looking forward in terms of Test match cricket as well.
The bowling department is looking very good right now with a lot of young bowlers coming in and the leader of the bowling attack Zaheer Khan is also young. Sreesanth, Ishant Sharma, Irfan Pathan, RP Singh are the guys we can bank on performing for next decade as all of them are young and aggressive in the approach. |
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