Ganguly calls Dravid’s retirement late – Cricket News Update
Former Indian skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, claiming that his decision did not surprise him.
The left-hander’s opinion comes after the national team’s dismal performances in their last two overseas tours, where they suffered back to back whitewashes against England and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746.
Ganguly believes that Dravid’s decision reflects the requirement of the side, which has been underperforming on their travels, despite posing a strong batting line up. He added that the selectors should understand the message given by the newly retired player
and make necessary changes in order to revive the team’s traditional batting culture.
"With this decision Dravid has made a statement to the selectors that it is time for change in Indian cricket, as we have lost eight consecutive overseas Test matches,” said Ganguly.
However, the 39-year-old hailed the marvelous cricketing career of his former teammate and described his retirement as a big loss to the game. He added that it will be difficult to fill the void left by one of his country’s most talented players.
“You may not get anyone who will be able to replace Rahul Dravid but again you cannot continue forever because it took 16 years and 13,000 runs in Test cricket to make a Rahul Dravid,” admired Ganguly.
Dravid, whose career spanned over 16 years, has played several outstanding knocks which brought victory to his side. The 39-years-old veteran made his international debut in April 1996 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758. He went on to feature in 164 Test Matches and 344
One Day Internationals with impressive averages of 52.31 and 39.16 respectively, and was commonly known as The Wall for his strong defensive play.
Ganguly when asked about the possible replacement of Dravid, he mentioned the names of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RG-Sharma-c2309. According to him, both youngsters have the potential to play big knocks, provided they work hard on their overall game.
Also, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CA-Pujara-c1209 have also inspired the former captain, who hopes to see both of them cementing their place in the near future.
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