Has Rahul Dravid graduated as Indias main batsman?
Rahul Dravid has done fantastically. He is playing a better class of cricket than Tendulkar. He is a very nice boy also. Whenever he comes here or I am in Bangalore he comes and greets me. He is very respectful of ex-cricketers, something that’s lacking in many of the current players, and always wants to learn. But it’s really foolish to expect him to keep wickets as well in the One-Day Internationals. After standing behind the wickets for 50 overs we want him to pull India out of trouble even with the bat. I think he needs to be eased off the wicket-keeping duty; it may affect his batting concentration. But the Indian team’s theory is that it helps them cushion the batting order… Then play all eleven batsmen. Why is the Indian team so insecure about their batting? I think the lack of a specialist wicketkeeper and playing a batsman at number seven has led to India’s downfall in one-day cricket. It was something new to start with, but you cannot continue with that strategy forever. In
