http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750’s ODI squad against England is seen as a desperate move by Experts – Cricket News Update
The Test cricket expert, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dravid-c2229, has been included in the One-day squad of India for the ODI series against England. Dravid has been called to play limited overs cricket after a gap of 2 years.
Cricket experts consider it a desperate move by Indian selectors, who seem to be baffled with the 2 defeats in the Test matches against England.
India has played 57 One-Dayers in the past 2 years, including the big event of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cup 2011. India became the World champions, while Dravid missed all this, because he was away from the limited over game during this time.
Dravid was out of the national team for long until he was called for the Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760.
Since then, he has played only 5 Test matches and scored 3 centuries in them and this may have become the reason for his addition in the ODI team.
Apparently the reason given for this decision is the injury of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Bresnan-c2711, in the 2nd Test match.
This injury added to India’s misery, after having so many other injuries this season, which are cited by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028, as one of the biggest reasons of the recent failures against England.
Former English captain Ian Botham, said that there is nothing which can stop England from a 4-0 win in the Test series. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739 is recalled for the 3rd Test, but Botham said that he is hardly dangerous, because he lacks First-class practice.
Indian selectors were not left with any other option but to include an experienced player in the team to support the crumbling Indian side. It seems to be a logical decision under the current circumstances but how will the Indian selectors manage the pressure?
They will have to take a lot of pain in order to keep Dravid in the ODI squad for the upcoming fixtures back at home.
A youngster may have replaced Yuvraj, rather than Dravid, but India is hopeful that he might be able to record a big come-back after 2 years of absence.
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