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ODI team selection: Unconvincing logic

You can blindly trust the ‘Band of Wise men’ ( Five selectors) to spoil the party everytime … they have managed to make us rack our brains in disbelief  after the euphoric victory at Perth …they are playing their favourite tune of  ’Stress on youth and fielding’. What is befuddling is that they have selected this tough series to bring back  the young turks and disband the ‘Fabulous Four’.

Dravid who possesses the best technique among the Indian batsmen and Ganguly who apart from Perth test has had a sparkling tour, have been dropped on the pretext of being slow movers and possessing weak arms. The selectors also snubbed out Laxman who is not a one day regular but must have had hopes of getting the nod after his performance in the Tests …and have backed  Suresh Raina & Gautam Gambhir (both possess suspect footwork and loose techniques) to fire on the bouncy Australian tracks. 

Any person with Common sense and some logical reasoning would have persisted with Dravid and Ganguly.. where else do you need technique and experience the most , if not in Australia…All this drama of youth , could have been postponed to the upcoming tours. The selectors could have referred to the precedent of playing Laxman in the ODI’s during the 2003-04 tour..what a series he had, smashing three hundreds.

What has happened now, is that a  young pack of batsmen , half of whom have not played in Australia before, have been lined up against the in-form Aussies and the resourceful Lankans.

PS: Rumours are abound that Dravid and Ganguly have been dropped to make Dhoni feel comfortable on the throne.