How is Dravid and his men?
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Dravid and his bowlers are doing a great job. It is just the top order batsmen who are down. It is just a matter of time for the batsmen to gain the old form (Sehwag and Kaif in particular). \nWith the arrival of Dhoni and Pathan, we will now have a great combination in West Indies Worldcup\n7 Batsmen (5 + 2 all rounders ;-) )\n1 Keeper\n5 Bowlers\n\nHarbajan, time and again shows that he can bat well too. That will make the tail shorter and we can bat upto 8 down.
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Ur squad is pretty good bt requires sum editin.I'll do tat 4 u. \n\n1)Rahul Dravid(Captain){He's d wall}\n2)Virender Sehwag {Can return 2 form ne time}\n3)Sachin Tendulkar {Master Blaster}\n4)Yuvraj Singh(V. Captain){Seein gr8 current form}\n5)Md. Kaif {Terrefic Feilder n capable of playn a gud knock}\n6)M.S. Dhoni(Wicket Keeper){Pinch Hitter n 4 playin huge                       \n                            innings likes of 184}  \n7)Suresh Raina {gr8 young batsmen n awesum feilder}\n8)Irfan Pathan {awsum allrounder}\n9)Harbhajan Singh {The spin wizard n TURBANATOR}\n10)S Sreesanth {young lad vth gud pace n swing}\n11)R.P. Singh {young lad vth gud pace n swing}\n12)Gautam Gambhir {capable of playin gud knocks}\n13)Munaf Patel {young speedstar can turn d tables}\n14)Anil Kumble {Experience Counts}\n15)Zaheer Khan {one of d experienced pace men}\n16)Robin Utthapa {young lad proved his form in last ODI but \n                  still requires sum time 2 b fit in Indian\n                  squad}\n\nSo accordin 2 me this d perfect squad vth sum gr8 players.
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Ganguly as far as records.Dravid now.He is leading the team well
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Rahul Dravid is known for his amazing consistency, the way he brings the best out of him match after match. Its so hard to point to just a single knock!\nIf I have to pick few of those, then here’s my list-\n1) Twin knocks in Adelaide test match, where he followed a brilliant double ton with a match winning 70, might stand at the top. That knock played a vital part in India winning a test match down under after such a long time.\n2) His fighting innings of 190 against the kiwis in conditions conducive for seam movement (Ah!  I didn’t get a chance to see that match)\n3) According to most experts & Dravid himself his 270 against Pakistan is also up there!\n4) The kolkata test match, double ton against England…the list goes on!\n\nODIs- he played finisher’s role to perfection in the last two years or so. Some memorable knocks-recent 100 against Windies, quick fire of 84* against Sri Lanka, half century against Pakistan in ’03 WC ……\n*Most of his knocks were overshadowed by heroic exploits of a quick-scoring partner in the other end. But in most of those instances his knocks were either as crucial or even more than that of his partner’s!!
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IF IT IS A RAHUL DRAVID CENTURY, ITS AQUIRED.\nIF IT IS A SEHWAG CENTURY ITS A (FIELDING)TEAM WORK.
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personally.....i aint dat impressed with VRV.....he lacks variation and becomes very predictable....i dunno how our captain and coach take on him....plus we'r more reli'in' on spin as the nature of the pitch was in the match...surely wud hv missed bhajji...pro'bly he'll improve if given more chances and exposure!
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you know what people of India may love him a lot. But that does guarantees his return. Its not one two in the team management but the whole system is against him. His team mates consider him as a past. Now how do you expect a comeback of him
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The injury to Dravid is genuine as it was observed while he was batting that he was not at ease.  Dravid will be the last person to keep away from playing citing fake injury problem.  We should not look at everything with suspect eye.
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now this a question to ponder about.according to me at  the present senario dravid is the best captain of the indian team bcze he leads the team from the front and always plays a captains innings when the team requires. now if the team doesnt perform well then god also cannt help our team, let alone dravid.as far ganguly is concerned atfirst let him make his way to the playing 11 then we can take him as the captain. as he is more enthusiastic and motivative which our team requires dearly.
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Yes. His recent displays against England showed this, he is level headed, unflapable and has ability to hold the middle order together. He is still young and will benefit from learning from Dravid - who is proving to be rock steady, tacticly aware and a genuine top order test batsmen. India have a young side with alot of potential and one which can flourish in years to come under the leadership of Yuvraj.
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Rahul Sharad Dravid\n\nPls see his stats
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SACHIN:\n\nAs a captain:  The History is saying that he had a bad      record as a Captain. But by that time, ther are no such good players and he often said that,"The selectors of that time select the players as they like".He had a good record as a batsaman-captain.He has also a lot of experience as a cricketer.He has also good captain characters.\n\nAs a batsman:  No doubt he is the only greatest batsman after DON BRADMAN.\n\n      DRAVID:\n\nAs a captain: Now, Dravid has the CHAPELL and the DHONI, YUVRAJ, PATHAN, SREESANTH, RAINA and many YOUNGSTERS and FORTUNE also. Moreover he has a good record as a batsman in his captainsie matches.He has GOOD ACCURACY in taking decissions\n\nAs a batsman: He is THE GREAT WALL OF INDIA. When we are in losing situation, many times he led our TEAM INDIA to the Victory.\n\n       GANGULY:\n\nAs a captain: He increased our victories. He led our team into the finals in the worldcup only after TWENTY years.He took many players into the LIGHT as a captain.He awakened the SPIRIT in the team players in the ground as well as outside.\n\nAs a batsman: He is the fourth player and one of the four players who score more than 10,000 runs in ODI Cricket. \n\n\n           SO  IN  VIEW.............. \nThe successful batsman:Sachin Tendulkar.\nThe succssful captain: Sourav Ganguly.\nThe successful batsman cum batsman: Rahul Dravid.
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HE IS GETTING WELL.\nWHEN SACHIN WAS IN CHENNAI FOR HIS FITNESS TEST,\nBALA BOWLED HIM IN THE NETS.\nAS HE IS BELONG TO A MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILY, \nHE COULD NOT RECOVER FROM INJURY QUICKLY BY SENDING EXPENSIVE.\nHE WILL PROVE HIMSELF IN DOMESTIC SOON.
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HE IS TECHNICALLY GOOD.\nBUT..\nWE NEED A FLYING START PROVIDING BATSMAN.\nWHILE PLAYING AGAINST UNDERDOGS HE WILL BE A IDEAL.\nBUT IF IT IS A DEAD OR ALIVE SITUATION,IN KNOCK OUT STAGE HE IS NOT THE WISE CHOICE.
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rahul dravid the wall is the best!!!!!\n\nRahul Dravid\n\n\nRahul Dravid\nIndia (IND) \n \nBatting style Right-handed batsman (RHB) \nBowling type Off spin (OB) \n Tests ODIs \nMatches 100 291 \nRuns scored 8553 9510 \nBatting average 57.59 40.29 \n100s/50s 22/42 12/71 \nTop score 270 153 \nBallsOvers bowled 20 31 \nWickets 1 4 \nBowling average 39.00 42.50 \n5 wickets in innings 0 0 \n10 wickets in match 0 N/A \nBest bowling 1/18 2/43 \nCatches/stumpings 138/0 174/14 \n\nDravid's style\nBeginning with the reputation of being a defensive batsman who should be confined to Test cricket, Rahul Dravid has defied early perceptions to become the mainstay of the Indian batting line-up in ODIs as well as in Tests. His nickname of 'The Wall' in Reebok advertisements was treated by ODI fans as a derisory comment about his inability to rotate strike as he tended to hold up one end playing his front foot defence, neither scoring runs nor getting out. The nickname has now become a tribute to his consistency. Dravid has scored 22 centuries in Test cricket at an average of 57.65, including 5 double centuries, whilst in one-dayers he has an average of 40.16 at a strike rate of 70. He is one of the few Indians who average more at away matches than at home, averaging about 10 more runs a match abroad than on Indian pitches. As of 28 October, 2005, Dravid's average in overseas Tests stood at 63.20 as against his overall Test average of 57.59, and his average for away ODI stands at 42.95 as against overall ODI average of 40.42. In matches India has won, Rahul Dravid averages 79.51 and 51.54 in Tests and ODI respectively.\n\nDravid's sole Test wicket was that of Ridley Jacobs in the fourth Test against the West Indies during the 2001-2002 series. While he has no pretensions to being a bowler, Dravid often kept wickets for India in ODIs, an 'experiment' that continued for several seasons. He has since delegated the wicket-keeping gloves, first to Parthiv Patel and more recently to Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Dravid is now purely a batsman, one whose Test average has soared to 67.56 in matches played since 1 January, 2000.\n\nDravid was involved in two of the largest parnerships in ODIs: a 318-run partnership with Sourav Ganguly, the first pair to combine for a 300-run partnership, and then a 331-run partnership with Sachin Tendulkar, which is the present world record. He also holds the record for the greatest number of innings since debut before being dismissed for a duck. His highest scores in ODI's and Tests are 153 and 270 respectively. Uniquely, each of his five double centuries in Tests was a higher score than his previous double century (200, 217, 222, 233, 270).\n\nAlso, Dravid is the current world record holder for the highest percentage(%) contribution of runs scored in matches won under a single captain, where the captain has won more than 20 tests. [1] In the 21 Test matches India won under Sourav Ganguly's leadership, Dravid played his part in every single one of those wins, scoring at a record average of 102.84 and piling up an astonishing 2571 runs, with nine hundreds - three of them double-centuries - and ten fifties in 32 innings. He contributed nearly 23% of the total runs scored by India those 21 matches, which is almost one run out of every four runs the team scored. This amazing consistency of Dravid was the single most important reason behind India's Test victories under Sourav Ganguly.\n\n\n\n\n \nRahul Dravid's career performance graph.Schooled at St. Joseph's Boys High School, Bangalore, and college in St. Joseph's College Of Commerce. He was coached by Keki Tarapore, Dravid has played county cricket for Kent and Scotland. He also led Karnataka to the Ranji Trophy, scoring a double century in the process in the final. He made his Test debut against England at Lords in the 2nd Test match of India's Test tour of England in 1996, and his ODI debut against Sri Lanka at Singapore
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It is easy to lead a well balanced team than leading a team which experienced continous failure.\n\nGanguly lead the team in most difficult situations when india was continouly experiencing defeats, and india got India's first away from home in 11 years when won against pakistan. \nWe cannot forget the way he improve the spirts of the team by removing his shirt and took india to the worldcup final.\nGanguly was considered as most successful captain ever indian team has seen in the last decade. \nThis sucess made him arrogant and made him a spectator now. \n\nDravid is kid who has got a good start as they played against bad teams. It too early to say dravid as good captian. Once he proves that in the forth coming world cup atleast by reaching the finals we can consider him  is as a better captain.\nUntil then it is only Saurav Ganguly is better than this new Dravid.
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Rahul Dravid\nVirendra Sehwag\nYuvraj Singh\nMohammad Kaif\nMS Dhoni\nIrfan Pathan\nRP Singh\nMunaf Patel\nRobin Uthappa