Rahul Dravid takes over as Rajasthan Royals’ skipper – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dravid-c2229, the Indian batting superstar, has been named as the captain of Rajasthan Royals, one of the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises.
He filled in the boots of Australia’s legendary leg-spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shane-Keith-Warne-c89672 who led the side to an emphatic win in the inaugural edition of the cash-rich event. He captained the outfit in four seasons of the lucrative Twenty20 championship before announcing
his retirement from the league earlier this year.
Warne’s successor was brought into the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 setup this year, as Dravid was with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for the opening three seasons of the T20 contest.
The 38-year-old has played in 69 T20 matches so far, scoring 1605 runs at a fine average of 28.66. He is not one of the hard-hitting batsmen, but holds a very good strike rate of 117.23 in the shortest format of the game.
Dravid has been enjoying great success over the last 12 months. So far in 2011, the maestro has piled up over-1000 Test runs including five wonderful tons.
He expressed delight over his new job, and said that he will look to live up to the expectations of the fans and the team staff.
“I am honoured to lead the Rajasthan Royals. I hope to live up to the confidence shown in me by the franchise and give our fans an exciting season of cricket,” said Dravid in a statement released by Rajasthan Royals.
“I look forward to the valuable inputs from my team-mates who are already leading their national sides and clubs. My aim will be to get the best out of a very talented squad and invoke the same team spirit that won the franchise the first IPL and has been
a hallmark of the Rajasthan Royals ever since,” added the veteran batsman who played his only Twenty20 International against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 in August 2011.
Despite the presence of greats like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LRPL-Taylor-c1849 and Dravid, the Royals could not produce anything special in the last season, and failed to quality to the semi-final stage of the competition. However, the team management is confident of an
improvement in IPL-5 under the command of the new skipper.
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