{"id":208,"date":"2009-08-17T13:11:23","date_gmt":"2009-08-17T13:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cricketnirvana.com\/?p=208"},"modified":"2023-02-08T10:42:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T10:42:21","slug":"selectors-have-done-a-good-thing-by-picking-dravid-ganguly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cricketnirvana.com\/news\/international\/2009\/august\/news-20090817-285.html","title":{"rendered":"Selectors have done a good thing by picking Dravid: Ganguly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kolkata:<\/strong> Former India captain Sourav Ganguly today said the selectors have done the right thing by bringing back Rahul Dravid in the one-day side as the veteran batsman is an asset for the team.<\/p>\n

“Selectors have done the right thing by getting back (Ashish) Nehra in the earlier series and now (Rahul) Dravid.<\/p>\n

That’s the way to go,” Ganguly said.<\/p>\n

Dravid, a former India captain who last played an ODI two years back in October 2007, was included in the 15-member squad along with Sachin Tendulkar, who was rested for the West Indies one-dayers.<\/p>\n

“It’s a good thing for (Rahul) Dravid. Hopefully, if he can play well, he will be an asset to the Indian side. This is the right way,” the 37-year-old told reporters at Eden Gardens where the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) had organised a condolence meeting for former Sports minister Subhas Chakraborty who died on August 3.<\/p>\n

As many as four changes were made to the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led side for the upcoming Tri-series and ICC Champions Trophy next month, with Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja getting the boot following failures in the four-match series in the West Indies, which India won 2-1.<\/p>\n

S Badrinath, Murali Vijay and Pragyan Ojha were also shown the door.<\/p>\n

The ace left-hander said the Indian team never had senior-junior divide.<\/p>\n

“There is nothing like junior and seniors. Whoever performs well should play well and moreover, he is just 36.<\/p>\n

It’s all about performances. But I don’t think senior-junior is ever an issue and should never be an issue,” said Ganguly.<\/p>\n

Asked whether he regretted his retirement, he said, “I have decided not to play anymore. I’ve retired some nine months ago and it’s all past now.”<\/p>\n

On promising Bengal wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha, who was named in the 30-strong list of probables for the Champions Trophy, Ganguly said: “It’s unfortunate and he has to wait for his turn. (Wicketkeeper-batsman) Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the captain of the side and (Dinesh) Kaarthick is doing well at the moment.”<\/p>\n

Asked about Shah Rukh Khan’s grilling at the Newark airport in New Jersey, Ganguly said, “It’s a very delicate issue but he is fine at the moment so that’s more important. I don’t know much about the incident so can’t comment much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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