DRAVID DROPPED!!

Irony of life(especially if you are an Indian cricketer)- at one point of time you are the captian of the most cricket crazy nation's team and within a month you find yourself out of the team!! Jammy has had to come to terms with this irony the hard way. The rumour mills were
working over time before the team for the Pakistan series was selected but very few people would have expected such a drastic decision to be taken.

The term 'rested' is being used quite a lot by the selectors nowadays. Somebody needs to tell them that there is a marked distinction between dropped and rested. I personally feel that this decision was uncalled for. Lets not forget, form is temporary but class is permanent. This kind of shoddy treatment being meted out to one of the most humble servants of Indian cricket is shocking- one of the many instances which reminds me of the term Jimmy Amarnath used to describe the selectors-a bunch of jokers!! I think that term is also too mild now.

One positive to be taken from this is that Sourav Ganguly was treated the same way and he has now come back in a very strong way. Dravid, like Ganguly,will be playing the season opener of the Ranji trophy in Mumbai(the press has touted it as his oppurtunity to give an apt reply to Vengsarkar and Co.). I feel irrespective of his performance in that match he deserves a place in the side.

Here's hoping to see Jammy back in Indian colours from the 3rd ODI onwards.