When the team for Test series with New Zealand was announced , I thought it would be played NZ . You coould excuse me for my blunder as I am still a newly wed with a "shitty" cable connection . Inevitably New Zealand is a team to bit in New Zealan , not in India . In India we are the kings , Sehwag , Gauti or Kohli won't fail on Indian pitches . Having said that , by the time I wrote this post all three have went to pavilion while Pujara & Raina are on crease . That brings me to the topic , A match w/o Dravid & Laxman .
When Dravid announced retirement , post team's failure in Australia , It was equally an emotional moment for me . Post loss in Australia , I kept saying send everyone home including Tendulkar who for the records averaged better than others in the series . Since his average were not upto the Tendulkar's standard , I said rest the whole side . But , Dravid being dravid announced his retirement . '99 WC series whr he was highest scorer or his test innings in NZ just before 2003 or the Kolkatta upset . There is alot to talk about & everything is history. Unless Dravid decides to do a Shahid Afridi which he won't , unfortunately .
When you talk about Dravid , seldom its w/o Laxman in tests . The gifted player from hyderabad has several records for partnership with Dravid. Funnily it took comments of Australian players in Indian press for BCCI to take note
of him . In 2010 , at Mohali , in 4th inning yet again he proved what a player of temperament he is . While the other end was falling , he kept playing towards the goal of winning. Speculations of Retirement of Laxman saw a field day on twitter similar to that of Dravid . The tributes were written in Blogosphere for Very Very Special Laxman as were written for Dravid .
However ,The tweet from @Sidvee cracked me up:
SRT walking to the middle, looking at the fielders and saying, 'Hey dudes, I remember playing against your grandpops
Gilchrist , Haden , Allan Donald , Flintoff , Steve Waugh , Pollock , Shane Warne, Mcgrath , Jaysurya , Akram have retired . The era I am talking about & I grew up with is coming to an end . Most of them are home except for few like Kallis , Ponting & Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar.
I am sure the likes Kohli , Pujara , Raina & Rahane would do justice to Test cricket . Its just little weird to not see some of your favorites out there . Best of luck to the New team. I hope you play another 100 Matches with Tendulkar.
When Dravid announced retirement , post team's failure in Australia , It was equally an emotional moment for me . Post loss in Australia , I kept saying send everyone home including Tendulkar who for the records averaged better than others in the series . Since his average were not upto the Tendulkar's standard , I said rest the whole side . But , Dravid being dravid announced his retirement . '99 WC series whr he was highest scorer or his test innings in NZ just before 2003 or the Kolkatta upset . There is alot to talk about & everything is history. Unless Dravid decides to do a Shahid Afridi which he won't , unfortunately .
When you talk about Dravid , seldom its w/o Laxman in tests . The gifted player from hyderabad has several records for partnership with Dravid. Funnily it took comments of Australian players in Indian press for BCCI to take note
of him . In 2010 , at Mohali , in 4th inning yet again he proved what a player of temperament he is . While the other end was falling , he kept playing towards the goal of winning. Speculations of Retirement of Laxman saw a field day on twitter similar to that of Dravid . The tributes were written in Blogosphere for Very Very Special Laxman as were written for Dravid .
However ,The tweet from @Sidvee cracked me up:
SRT walking to the middle, looking at the fielders and saying, 'Hey dudes, I remember playing against your grandpops
Gilchrist , Haden , Allan Donald , Flintoff , Steve Waugh , Pollock , Shane Warne, Mcgrath , Jaysurya , Akram have retired . The era I am talking about & I grew up with is coming to an end . Most of them are home except for few like Kallis , Ponting & Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar.
I am sure the likes Kohli , Pujara , Raina & Rahane would do justice to Test cricket . Its just little weird to not see some of your favorites out there . Best of luck to the New team. I hope you play another 100 Matches with Tendulkar.
