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    Reports of senior players retiring baseless: Team India

    PTI had reported on Friday that Dravid was likely to retire

    Team India issued a statement post their humiliating drubbing in Adelaide refuting retirement reports of Rahul Dravid: Not retiring just yetDravid and any of the other senior players.

    Indian team media manager GS Walia read out the statement in the post-match press conference that said -  "The team takes note of the stories in the media suggesting the imminent retirement of a member of the India team. We would like to clarify that situation by stating categorically that these are not correct and are baseless. There will be no further questions on this."

    Stand-in-captain Virender Sehwag who was also part of the post-match briefing rejected the reports. “I don't think there is a need for retirement of any player in this team and they will take their call when they're needed and when they think their time is up.” said Sehwag.

    On Friday, news agency PTI had reported that Dravid was likely to retire and that he was believed to have told some of his teammates that he had decided to hang his boots. The report was picked up by almost all Indian media outlets and quickly fuelled the rumours.

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    • Raghavendra Jambagi  •  Belgaum, Karnataka  •  29 days ago
      why always dravid... mistake was done by the whole team in all departments..dravid failed in this series only..collect the past series happened in 2011.. lets see who were wrong...
    • TARAKKUMAR CHINUBHAI  •  Ahmadabad, Gujarat  •  29 days ago
      NOW CRICKET MATCHES SHOULD BE PLAY UNDER NAME OF "BCCI TEAM" NOT UNDER NAME OF "INDIAN TEAM" FOR PROTECTION OF 110 CRORES INDIAN'S HEARTS
    • yousuf  •  Bangalore, Karnataka  •  29 days ago
      I dont know why this country people have 2 faces ... y the hell r u behaving like 2 face snakes .... What Sachin ,Dravid , Laxman , Gangully has given India ? the Name , Frame because of which Indian Team was at No1 .. point out a single youngster playing better than Sachin or any of the above players.. its cricket every day is a new day in cricket.. some times we loose some times we win. Indian cricket is known for Sachin , Dravid , Laxman and gangully .
      if these Greats retire than soon a day will come where India will loose 5-0 to Nitherland , UAE , Afganistan .. which of the youngster has this talent ? Test is not a game of kids it needs Talent , skills , Techniques, patience and dedication which no youngster has today..
      its just about 2 series you cannot blame these Greats.. ok forget abt these players .. what Dhoni did in this series ? Ishant Sharma ? Umesh Yadav ? R ashwin ? Virat Kohli (Hardly player 2 good innings )? Gambhir ? these are youngsters only no infact Virat kohli who is a good player and was behiving as if he won or saved the match wen he reached his 1st madie 100 which didnt even saved match for india .. wen team needed him he gave his wicket away by a silly run out..

      WELL SENIORS DONT LISTEN TO THESE BRAINLESS INDIAN FANS .. DNT EVEN HAVE A SINGLE DROP OF KNOWLEDGE IN THEIR BOTTLE .. WISH U GOOD LUCK FOR UR CAREER .. HOPE TO SEE A GREAT FAREWELL WEN U FEEL LIKE HANGING UR BOOTS ...................
    • Rufus  •  29 days ago
      Everyone including the fans will forget everything in a few months when IPL5 starts. The BCCI is taking advantage and considers the fans as fools. Boycott IPL5 send a message. If the fans don't fill the stadiums, revenues drop, advertisers back off, TV ratings go down everyone loses maybe ....maybe only them the BCCI will learn.
    • Ra  •  Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu  •  29 days ago
      loss in a match is ok.... but playing all the matches for a month and getting innings defeat,losing by 300 runs,losing 4-0 is shame to team india and country..
    • mohd  •  28 days ago
      SACHIN,DRAVID,LAXMAN, should retire from all forms of the cricket and should make a place for newcomers.Then only India can win the series at abroad.otherwise many whitewashes to come in future with these guyz....
    • Arjun Sharma  •  Kolkata, West Bengal  •  29 days ago
      plz don't blame any one. make a peach similar to other foreign countries.
    • Inderjit  •  29 days ago
      Sehwag and Gambhir should not be playing test cricket. They both are good one day players. The reason we lost the series to England and Australia that we did'nt get good start from our openers. Dhoni also should not be playing test cricket. Its time to start bringing the new faces mixed with the experienced players.
    • heartbeat  •  Bhubaneswar, Orissa  •  29 days ago
      LOLZMAXXXX.... I knew NO ONE WILL RETIRE.
    • Soumya  •  Pune, Maharashtra  •  29 days ago
      why dravid should retire.he got runs in d past two series i.e. against england nd west indies.Wt is laxman and tendulkar doing.players like rohit sharma and pujara must replace laxman and tendulkar respectively..
    • saif  •  Glasgow, United Kingdom  •  28 days ago
      Sachin please retire....
    • uttam  •  28 days ago
      After the whitewash in australia it is proved that if IF DRAVID THE GREAT WALL, FAILS means team india fails.. Y media targeting Dravid.? In fact, I feel that Dravid not scoring runs have exposed other players so called GREAT, GENIUS, THINK TANK, ATTACKING , AGRRESSIVE PLAYERs are fell down like pack of cards... All were relaxing thinking that Dravid will save us.. Never use dravid's shoulder to shoot. See the way Dhoni playing forward defence stroke, typical lollypop stroke.. my god they have made enough money they are not interested to play test cricket at all. It exposes their weakness... Therefore, please stop targeting Dravid.. This has proved If wall collapses all will fall down... Dravid we are proud to have you in Team India................
    • hello  •  Mumbai, Maharashtra  •  28 days ago
      Remove Mr. Shrikant & Co. They are responsible for all these,.
    • ilyas  •  Bangalore, Karnataka  •  28 days ago
      hi friends, why this news channels targets the greatest ones, if there r not performing, let this reporter play at pitchs like this with full pace attack me to a cricket player it is not easy to do, wait for the best in future we got best of the best players, h
    • lingesh  •  Chennai, Tamil Nadu  •  28 days ago
      I agree with Tarakkumar. It should never be called an 'Indian Team'. Playing in a few countries, winning & loosing do not bring name & fame to the nation. The USA, Russia, Germany, France etc do not know what we achieve in the filed of cricket. , We fools are discussing about a game and supporting the same that can be played by a 40 year old. Can a player of 40 play foot ball, volley ball, basket ball? No, because it needs stamina, power apart from skill. The likes of Sachin are lucky to be adored for what they earn for themselves. They should be allowed to retire gracefully. If not, boot them out and bring the Rohits, Mukunds and Rainas in.
    • Indian  •  Kolkata, West Bengal  •  28 days ago
      if these guys don't want to retire gracefully, kick on their butt and throw them. let youngsters get chance.
    • Indian  •  Kolkata, West Bengal  •  28 days ago
      why not BCCI under RTI act? if they are clean why r they afraid to come under RTI act?
    • BSR  •  Bangalore, Karnataka  •  28 days ago
      There is no doubt batsmen never realized in OZ that the're out there to perform in innings' of test matches and raised to the occasion.
      But our bowling department was pathetic and more responsible for the results we encountered.
    • ring  •  Bangalore, Karnataka  •  28 days ago
      there is no base for Rahul to claim his place .....let all the seniors tendulkar, laxman, rahul, hand their boots graciously...it is high time to exit...It is foolish tendulkar wants to play ODI's....what else he wants to prove....all these players are cashing on Indians Psyco Fanciness...
    • KRISH  •  Kochi, Kerala  •  28 days ago
      To cut the long story short, some suggestions:
      1. New blood can't bring any change, as long as we don't have quality pitches. If possible, send a few of the new faces to play county cricket.
      2. BAN IPL. Everyone (you & me) is responsible for this state of team blue who directly or indirectly supported IPL.
      3. Bring in the rotation system. Paycheck also should be based on performance. We (the people) work out a**es off for money, why the sportsmen be any different ?
      4. Time to divert over support to other sports. Cricket-mania is slowly draining the life blood (and the greens) of every other sports ( & Sportsperson) in India. And WE are responsible for that state. If we have not shown much interest in the 'newly brought changes', things surely would have been different.
      5. Bring Gary Kirsten back :( (yeah, I know that won't happen)

      In short, world-class pitches & making them work hard for their money IS the key to success. Oh, and quit fighting in here (and in the real world) for the players from your region, religion, blah..blah. Because THEY DO NOT GIVE A ***T for our support. And if they did & were doing all thins for 'the country', they would have played international matches for free !

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