Dravid dropped and Dinesh Kaarthik in for the last ODI
Ashima Khanna
Oct. 17, 2007

Rahul Dravid has been dropped from the Indian cricket team in the last ODI against Australia. Dinesh Kaarthik, the wicket keeper batsman is in.

Indian team is looking forward to beat the Aussies in the last game although the Australian team led by Ponting already wins the series.

BCCI plans to inject more new players. The approach to experienced players is – perform or else. That attitude has worked well. Tendulkar and Ganguly got corrected. Perhaps Rahul Dravid will also find his form back soon.

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