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Pathetic selection
by Rajesh Kumar on May 30, 2008 05:08 PM

It is really sad that Ganguly and Dravid known for their good captaincy and batting have been left out again for the forthcoming ODI series. There is no logic in their ommission. I understand that young blood needs to be selected, but at the same time you cannot ignore both of these classy players. Ganguly has won more matches next to Sachin Tendulkar in ODI's for India and Dravid too has been a great asset. Remember Dravid had taken to wicket - keeping just to accomodate an extra batsman in the 2003 WC and that uis the reason we reached the finals. Just tell can any player in the current lot have the guts to do the same or sacrifice like this for the team. Dravid and Ganguly have done lot for the team but our selectors don't seem to understand the same. With just a few season left to retire for these legends, selectors should have chosen a honourable exit for them. They are simply not embarassing just those but even the game of cricket. Ganguly and Dravid's experience would have come really handy in Pakistan. How come Uthappa, Sreesanth and Yuvraj singh have been selected. Sreesanth is not fit for ODI cricket, yuvraj has been a big show-off and Uthappa is aan useless players. At least Gony and Badrinath should have been given a chance.

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