Ganguly surprised with Dravid exclusion

Sourav Ganguly was surprised to know that Rahul Dravid was left out of the Indian team. Ganguly said that the series against Australia is an all important one and the experimentation to leave Dravid is quite a risk.Ganguly was not the only person to show his dissent since another former Indian captain Anil Kumble also felt that Dravid has a decent show in the ICC Champions trophy and so he should have been in the side.

Dravid's performance on the paper is that he has scored 180 runs in five matches at the average of 36 which is very decent when compared to some other players who performed very badly.Ganguly also said that it is up to the selectors since they no what is best needed for the team but they could have included Dravid especially for the experience that he has.

Rahul Dravid dropped for ODI's against Australia

Indian’s former captain Rahul Dravid has been dropped for the home series against Australia despite of some good performances with the bat in the Champions trophy.
Rahul Dravid played some sheet anchor roles in the recent Champions Trophy but he has been dropped for the first two matches against Australians.

Dravid should not have been dropped and according to me his presence in the team he is a boost especially with the amount of experience that Dravid carries behind him. Virat Kohli has been preferred instead of him. Sudeep Tyagi of Tamil Nadu gets a chance to play for the National side. Ishant Sharma has retained his place despite so many failures. Yusuf Pathan has been dropped from the squad due to his failure in the Champions Trophy.