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 Oct 4th, 2007  Listed under:  At long last, it seems like the BCCI selectors have realised that making Dravid, Ganguly and Tendulkar play in every single limited-overs international makes no sense, keeping in mind that aside from their batting (now that Dravid is no longer captain), they are essentially uni-dimensional cricketers, with Tendulkar being a better fielder (and bowler) than the other two. And in these times, ODI/Twenty20 cricket does not do uni-dimensional cricketers! CNN-IBN reports that in any game, only two of those three will play, and there will be enough rotation to ensure a balance between playing and resting the 'Big Three'. This is a welcome development for various reasons:
- Their careers are likely to be prolonged, but they also know that if they don't utilise the rest they are being given and perform well when they're picked, they could be asked to pack up and leave.
- The fielding standards of the ODI and Twenty20 teams will significantly improve.
- Skipper Dhoni will feel a little more relaxed without having to captain the side, knowing that there are three others in the team who have this 'been-there-done-that' look on their faces.
- It will give enormous confidence to people like Rohit Sharma, Robin Uthappa and Gautam Gambhir, who will get enough opportunities to play in key games, safe in the knowledge that they don't have to keep looking over their shoulders in anticipation of the selectors deciding to bring in the troika for such key games.
- It would also ensure that these three players, and any other youngsters, get to bat in important batting positions (open, #3, #4, etc.) which would emphasise the confidence that the selectors and the team management have reposed in them.
I fully support the move. In fact, I argued in my post before the ongoing one-dayers against Australia that only one of the trio of Dravid, Ganguly and Tendulkar should be playing in each game. Perhaps this is the first step towards that end.
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1. No matters who plays..Team work and consistency is required for our Indian team....our whole team performance is depends on first 2-3wickets...mainly on first wicket....no confidence and strogness in the team.... so team has to work on our weak points...instead of replacing players....