Dravid, Laxman retirement would not hamper team http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kapil-Dev-c70234 – Cricket News Update
Former Indian skipper Kapil Dev has thrown his weight behind in-form http://www.senore.com/Cricket/VVS-Laxman-c2772.
Veteran No. 3 batsman Rahul Dravid retired from all cricket in March this year, to bring to an end a 16-year-long glorious international cricketing career spanning from 1996 to 2012. With a tally of 13288 runs, studded with 36 centuries and 63 half-centuries, “The Wall” of the Indian cricket team finished up as the third-highest Test run-getter, only behind teammate http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RT-Ponting-c2377( 13346).
Laxman, 38, bizarrely bid farewell to international cricket in August this year. The right-handed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 and the BCCI selectors, who wanted him to retire as soon as possible.
The ongoing home series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Beau-Casson-c47541 in the town was that the hosts might struggle in the absence of the veteran duo. However, defying all odds, Cheteshwar Pujara went on to score an unbeaten double century to put his side in a commanding position, with a first innings total of 521 for 8d.
Backing Pujara and Kohli as fitting options to fill in Dravid and Laxman’s big boots, Kapil Dev said that similar questions were raised when Sunil Gavaskar had bid adieu to international cricket in late 1980s.
"When http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Manohar-Gavaskar-c91863 announced his retirement people thought our team would no longer survive. However, we evolved and youngsters came and slowly took over."
"Now we have players like Kohli and Pujara who are performing well. Youngsters will be there to replace people who retire," said the 1983 World Cup winning captain while speaking to media reporters in Guwahati.
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