> Flash News : Dravid resigns as team india captain

Agnel · 01:21 PM

Rahul Dravid has resigned as India captain with immediate effect. In a letter written to the Indian board, he has asked to be relieved of the captaincy before Australia's forthcoming tour of India, beginning later this month.

A statement from Niranjan Shah, secretary of the Indian board, said Dravid met Sharad Pawar, the board president, in New Delhi yesterday. He "expressed his desire to step down as captain of the Indian team and requested that he should not be considered for the job from the ensuing Australia series."

The statement said Dravid wanted to concentrate on his game.

Dravid, 33, has captained India in 25 Tests and 79 ODIs. He took over the captaincy from Sourav Ganguly two years ago, following India's tour of Zimbabwe.

Under his captaincy India won eight Tests, including series wins in Pakistan, West Indies, Bangladesh and England.

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Safin is gonna love this

Wraith

totally weird development!!!

Agnel

^^ true

should wait for more updates

FunStar#1

Here now also Dravid jealous of DADA!..sessh...

Every1 cannot make the rebound!

Private Ryan

Dravid is not jealous..apparently he stepped down because he knew, he was not doing gr8 as a captain..so he prolly chose to step down b4 ppl cud point fingers at him...he is a thorough gentleman..n he proved it again..

Sandeep

Indian cricket sucks.

Private Ryan

^Amen....

Safin

Originally Posted by Private Ryan

Dravid is not jealous..apparently he stepped down because he knew, he was not doing gr8 as a captain..so he prolly chose to step down b4 ppl cud point fingers at him...he is a thorough gentleman..n he proved it again..

lmao...rofl..

lol its a wise move allright but not for the reasons you have mentioned. Dravid was a very very average captain who failed to inspire the team. He is a great player but a poor captain and he knew it. If you see Sharad Pawar's statement, he has just said that dravid himself agreed that he was not able to do justice to his job. I applaud him for finally deciding this but he should have quit after the world cup itself.

He has himself acknowledged that he has not done justice to the job and in the letter to BCCI he has said that he can only take one of the two roles, either captain or a normal player and he is choosing the latter.

I have never argued about Dravid as a batsman but as a captain he is in no way comparable to Ganguly (yeah think of timing, before a tough setries to Australia, he chooses to resign, its most probably nothing to do with it, but dada used to take a challenge, he is and was a born leader. Not many people are.)

It would be interesting who would take over. T20 is absolutely crucial now. If dhoni does well he is team india captain, but if not, Dada is making his entry back

EDIT: lol dravid has also said that some "new guy" should be made the captain. I find this stress on the "new" word uncalled for. It points to one guy

Private Ryan

but dada used to take a challenge, he is and was a born leader. Not many people are.

Lol..yeah...a born leader who had turned into a complete loser...

So much so tht he had to be thrown out of the team..

N do u think India will beat aussies after ganguly is chosen as the captain??