Thursday, July 9, 2009

Short ball.. short term solution

Having seen the Indians dance very badly to sweet chin music, the very intelligent Indian selector think tank have decided to rope in Rahul Dravid as a potential player for India in the Champions Trophy in SA this September. While the blip in the T20 WC seemed like a one-off, the scare came when the Indians came under the short ball barrage in the WI also. With the SA pitches being known for bounce, the Indians are for sure going to dance to the tune again. But is Dravid the solution for the problem? Agreed that Dravid is the best player of the short ball after Sachin. But at over 34 years of age, it doesnt look like he has much to contribute to Indian cricket. And by going in for such a short term solution, the selectors are only giving the short ball victims of the T20 WC a demoralizing shot. It's like telling Suresh Raina, "Well, we chose you to replace Dravid. But from what we have seen we guess we need to continue with Dravid until we find someone else. Goodbye son!".

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