Surprised Rahul Dravid announces retirement from One Day and T-20 cricket

The team selectors who had removed him from Indian team on the grounds of giving chances to the young players, have now retained him back in the ODI team. We are talking about Rahul Dravid. They have remembered him now when the team is in trouble. He has been included in the ODI and T-20 team against England. After some time of the team declaration, Dravid said that after this series, he will be saying goodbye to the ODIs and T-20s and will concentrate only on the Test matches.


According to the experts, the selection team under the head of K. Srikanth, has decided that the team is not doing well in the current series and that the presence of seniors will work like a boon for the team. It is to be remembered that Yuvraj and Harbhajan have been kicked out from the team owing to their bad performance and injuries. The five match one day series will commence September 3rd and the one and only T-20 wll be played on August 31st.

Rahul Dravid proves his 'never give up' attitude as he returns to the one day squad : team declared

Chennai. Team India's star spinner Harbhajan Singh and all rounder Yuvraj Singh are out of the team for the One Day series against England due to injury. While the big news is that Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar are back in the squad. Today, the selectors have declared the team for 5 one day matches and a T-20 against England. The selectors have given preferance to the senior players of the team and as a result Mr. reliable Rahul Dravid is back in the one day team after a long time. Dravid has really proved his never say die attitude and the quality of not giving up by returning to the team after such a long time. It's a true party time for all his fans who have a deep faith and belief in him.

Despite of his injury, Indian pacer Zaheer Khan has been given place in the squad. Munaf Patel and Praveen Kumar have also been given a spot to share the pace attack with Zak. Sreesanth has not been selected in the squad.

In the spin department, selectors have shown confidence in Amit Mishra and R. Ashwin. Parthiv Patel has been included as the reserve wicket keeper. The team is as follows :
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag (Vice Captain), Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Zaheer Khan, R. Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Munaf Patel, Ishant Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Amit Mishra and Parthiv Patel.