How is it that India is still ranked #2 in both the formats of the game?
http://www.espncrici...age/211271.html
The rankings are up to date as well.
I feel for Dravid. Safe to say the wall has been completely breached.
ADELAIDE: Rahul Dravid's glorious international career may have come to an end on Friday, with the veteran batsman likely to announce his retirement shortly.
The 39-year-old Dravid, one of the game's greatest batsmen, is believed to have told some of his teammates after another failure against Australia in the final Test that he had decided to hang his boots.
He could not be reached for his comments. Dravid, like most other Indian batsmen, has had a poor run in the current four-Test series which will conclude on Saturday with India likely to suffer another defeat to give Australia a clean sweep.
He made 194 runs at an average of 24.25 in this series. Dravid has already announced his retirement from one-day cricket and Twenty20.
The elegant right hander, nicknamed 'The Wall' for his dour defence, is the second highest run getter in Test history with 13,288 runs, behind only Sachin Tendulkar who has 15,470 runs. He has 36 Test centuries with a highest score of 270 and an average of 52.31.
Dravid has also taken more catches (210) than anyone else in Test history during his 164 Test matches since he made his debut against England at Lord's in 1996. He captained India from December 2005 to August 2007. There is a question mark over another Indian veteran VVS Laxman who too had a miserable run against Australia in the current series. There was no word yet about his future plans.
Yeah.. i am not able to understand what is happening to Dravid. The best batsmen in the entire cricketing world for defence, is getting bowled again and again. The wall developed chinksThere's a lot of gap b/w bat & pad.
P.S India should atleast thank Aussies at the presentation ceremony. They saved our team from an innings defeat. Now pls, anyone willing to bet on the loss margin ?
Oh my lord....My Pommie team lost too...72 allout...Looks like only WI and Aus can sustain the No 1 rankings for 10 + years..other teams cant even retain them for 10 months..
And i hope these 'cosy batsmen' find that they have lost a huge chunk of their Indian fans.
Well they have asked for TRP linked ad slots cost now. I hope the they lose the test matches in India too. Won't that be fun.
If you look at it, they never won as convincingly in India as they lost abroad. Even the test series with Aus would have been a draw had it not been for the last wicket heroics. They were that bad.