In an almost done deal Indian cricketing icon and batsman extraordinaire Rahul Sharad Dravid will soon be joining the beleaguered Indian cricket team in England for a short stint as it's batting consultant..........
Dravid who boasted of a career average in excess of 68 against the much vaunted English bowling attack will be mentoring the Indian batting line up and imparting the techincal expertise required to cope with the swinging and seaming Duke cricket ball in congenial English conditions.........
BCCI sources have confirmed the welcome development and added that this was done purely at the behest of Messrs Dhoni and Fletcher who were of the considered opinion that Dravid's experiences of having mastered the English attack time and again in seemingly hostile conditions would prove to be an invaluable part of the Indian batting line ups mental make up during the make or break five test series that gets underway on July 9,2014..........
Mr. Dravid who is already in England in connection with the MCC and Rest of World annual cricketing jamboree slated for July 5 will assume charge as team India's batting consultant with immediate effect and will continue to discharge this role for as long as the team management desires........
Here's wishing the "wall" all success in his new avatar and hoping that his invaluable insights and vignettes make a world of difference and help team India to avoid the ignominy and shame of a 4-0 whitewash like the last time around...........
Dravid who boasted of a career average in excess of 68 against the much vaunted English bowling attack will be mentoring the Indian batting line up and imparting the techincal expertise required to cope with the swinging and seaming Duke cricket ball in congenial English conditions.........
BCCI sources have confirmed the welcome development and added that this was done purely at the behest of Messrs Dhoni and Fletcher who were of the considered opinion that Dravid's experiences of having mastered the English attack time and again in seemingly hostile conditions would prove to be an invaluable part of the Indian batting line ups mental make up during the make or break five test series that gets underway on July 9,2014..........
Mr. Dravid who is already in England in connection with the MCC and Rest of World annual cricketing jamboree slated for July 5 will assume charge as team India's batting consultant with immediate effect and will continue to discharge this role for as long as the team management desires........
Here's wishing the "wall" all success in his new avatar and hoping that his invaluable insights and vignettes make a world of difference and help team India to avoid the ignominy and shame of a 4-0 whitewash like the last time around...........
One would do well to recall the fact that a certain Sunil Manohar Gavaskar had donned a similar hat with rare aplomb and distinction many moons ago and his invaluable insights and ideas had made a world of difference to a then struggling Indian batting line up in the mid 1990's or so..........
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