Dravid questions skill, ability and talent of Indian players – Cricket News Roundup – Part III – December 11, 2012
Former skipper and the Wall of the Indian cricket team, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 in the third Test at Kolkata.
Indian batsmen as well as the bowlers looked totally off colour in the third Test at the Eden Gardens, losing that match by seven wickets, to give the tourists a 2-1 lead in the four-match series. The veteran middle-order batsman, who retired from all cricket in March this year, questioned the skill, ability and talent of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808.
"People talk about attitude...but the main thing is their lack of skill and ability, which is more worrying for me. It raises questions as to the talent and quality of players coming through," Dravid told BBC Test Match Special.
The ODI skipper of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 in the one-day team for the forthcoming tour of India, revealed a source on Monday.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Iqbal-Qasim-c76980 led PCB selection committee, on Monday named separate squads for the two T20Is and three One Day Internationals against arch-rivals India later this month, dropping the experienced all-rounder from the ODI squad, while keeping him for the two T20 Internationals in Bangalore and Ahmedabad.
"Misbah who captains the one-day squad wanted Afridi in the squad at the cost of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Akmal-c94595 but the selectors rejected his suggestion," a source said. "Misbah's argument was that Afridi remains a match winning player...and...his presence would put pressure on the Indian side,” added the source.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Manoj-Tiwary-c1890 for the two-match T20 series against England.
Tiwary, the 27-year-old talented http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saurashtra-c839 on Sunday.
"The MRI report has come and I am leaving for Bangalore tomorrow," Tiwary told PTI yesterday. "I’ll follow what physio http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nitin-Gopal-Patel-c79732 tells me to do once he checks the report."
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