> End of an Era is near!

What was probably unthinkable is now going to happen.
When India takes on the field for the 20-20 world cup this September, the most famous trio of Indian cricket, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid won't be there. Today morning all three called up chief selector of BCCI and said they are withdrawing their own names from the list of people to be considered for selection.

While its not much of a surprise, as 20-20 would demand physical fitness which none of three have at the fag end of their career, It would still be unchartered waters for the Indian team. An end of an era no doubt

Remains to be seen when the three quit from ODI's and Tests too though it cannot be too far. Sadly Indian team doesn't have any replacements too.

dunno abt sachin & dravid but ganguly will surely not withdraw his name
since he already has had a bad time being out of the team for abt a year , it will be not safe for him to be out of the team .
wat if ne opener performs very well ? his slot will surely be in some trouble .

perhaps he might not take a chance n want to play himself

^^ He might not have much choice. I don't think any of three want to quit. The whole thing is they don't want to be kicked out. So self retirement is a good thing.
Imo atleast in 20-20 its good anyway. I don't think they have the strength left to play a fast paced game.

Sourav is playing well, and frankly very well as an opener. Plus there is no real replacement for him at the top. Prob is it cannot go on for long. Its only a year max.(you can never say with Indian cricket though)

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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
- George Bernard Shaw

end of an era indeed!! but not so soon. for all their mediocre performances, they still deserve a farewell fit for a true champion . i'd love to see and cry when these guys play their last one day or test match

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i expected nothing better from Agnel

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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
- George Bernard Shaw

^^ until dada makes yet another comeback

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^^ you know i was pleasantly surprised you used 3 smilies i expected just 2

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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
- George Bernard Shaw

Errr? why just 2?

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