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Rahul Dravid announced his retirement from International Limited overs cricket in England after the series. In his message came as the hours after he was handed a shock recall to the side of one day visiting, he said he wanted to withdraw from the short form and focus on cricket test.
Dravid, 38, is the seventh highest run-getter in ODIs, which manages 10,765,339 games, an average of just under 40 has not been a regular in India one day from the end of 2007 - A couple of months, reached a career high ranking ICC No. 5 - although he made a brief return in 2009 Champions Trophy in South Africa. He admitted that he did not expect to remember the future of England series.
"Why had I not taken a day of cricket for the last two years, I was obviously a bit 'surprised," he said after the match India tour in Northamptonshire. "To be honest, it was not chosen, I have informed the selectors and the Board of Directors desire to concentrate solely on Test cricket.
"At the end of this one-day series, I would like to inform my collection one day and Twenty20 cricket and concentrate solely on Test cricket. I will, as always, give my best in India, this one-day series, and apparently a series of tests that follows.
"In the short term, I am committed to, because now I have been taken from the series, but in the long term, I think it's best for me and the Indian cricket to concentrate on cricket test".
Dravid has recently become the second longest-getter in tests, and had a return to form in recent months when he scored three centuries in five tests to end a run relatively lean in recent years.
When he started his international career in 1996, was no longer seen as a better hitter, but soon adapted to the challenges of one day cricket. They point in his career was the ODI World Cup 1999, where he was the leading scorer, and then put the dayer bigger than a partnership, 318, Sourav Ganguly and. Six months later, he improved that when the 331-run stand that Sachin Tendulkar is still the main form.
As a test of his career, always equipped in the roles of equipment for him, especially in the 2003 World Cup, where you can make an extra batsman in the side, took over the wicketkeeping duties. One of the lowest of his career was the 2007 World Cup, when under his leadership, India crashed in the first round.
Dravid, 38, is the seventh highest run-getter in ODIs, which manages 10,765,339 games, an average of just under 40 has not been a regular in India one day from the end of 2007 - A couple of months, reached a career high ranking ICC No. 5 - although he made a brief return in 2009 Champions Trophy in South Africa. He admitted that he did not expect to remember the future of England series.
"Why had I not taken a day of cricket for the last two years, I was obviously a bit 'surprised," he said after the match India tour in Northamptonshire. "To be honest, it was not chosen, I have informed the selectors and the Board of Directors desire to concentrate solely on Test cricket.
"At the end of this one-day series, I would like to inform my collection one day and Twenty20 cricket and concentrate solely on Test cricket. I will, as always, give my best in India, this one-day series, and apparently a series of tests that follows.
"In the short term, I am committed to, because now I have been taken from the series, but in the long term, I think it's best for me and the Indian cricket to concentrate on cricket test".
Dravid has recently become the second longest-getter in tests, and had a return to form in recent months when he scored three centuries in five tests to end a run relatively lean in recent years.
When he started his international career in 1996, was no longer seen as a better hitter, but soon adapted to the challenges of one day cricket. They point in his career was the ODI World Cup 1999, where he was the leading scorer, and then put the dayer bigger than a partnership, 318, Sourav Ganguly and. Six months later, he improved that when the 331-run stand that Sachin Tendulkar is still the main form.
As a test of his career, always equipped in the roles of equipment for him, especially in the 2003 World Cup, where you can make an extra batsman in the side, took over the wicketkeeping duties. One of the lowest of his career was the 2007 World Cup, when under his leadership, India crashed in the first round.
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