IPL5: Rahul Dravid happy with the Rajasthan Royals roster – Cricket News Update
The former Indian captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dravid-c2229, seems content with the bench strength of his Indian Premier League team, the Rajasthan Royals.
The right-handed batsman will be leading Rajasthan in the fifth edition of the IPL, and he held that to win, a team requires contribution from everyone, not just a few players. Dravid was positive of a good show from the young Indian cricketers Ajinkya Rahane
and Ashok Menaria.
Hoping to do well in this season of the IPL, Dravid said, “Every team has to rely on domestic players, as it is a team game, the four overseas players are not enough. I am happy that Rajasthan Royals has some very exciting players in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashok-c46345
Menaria and few more.”
Dravid, also known as "the wall", has been handed the captaincy of Rajasthan after former skipper Shane Warne retired from professional cricket at the end of the Big Bash Twenty20 tournament.
The Wall has been tendered with a multitude of responsibilities. Apart from the captaincy, Dravid will be rendering coaching services. The veteran batsman will also act as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/A-Mentor-c41238 for the young cricketers.
Dravid admitted that there are a lot of expectations attached with him and said that he will do his very best to meet these expectations.
“I am lot more keen and focused. I have taken over as captain, coach and mentor from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shane-Keith-Warne-c89672 so there are little more expectations, but I feel these are more of words and basically it all is more about coordination, because there is a support staff and
one has to use these experts for better results,” said Dravid.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 Royals IPL5 campaign begins with a match against the Kings XI Punjab at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on Friday, April 6, 2012.
Rajasthan have received a setback, as their pace spearhead http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833. The speedster has not recovered from a toe injury and is likely to sit out the first three to four games of the IPL.
Another man that the winners of the inaugural IPL will miss is Australia’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760, he will miss the opening part of the IPL because of his international commitments.
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