Room at the top

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Dravid has used the experience of team-mates like Ganguly well, but there’s no denying he needs someone to share the burden of leadership on a more consistent basis
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“Undefeated after Chappell,” bellowed a hack shortly after India’s historic series win at The Oval. Following Greg Chappell’s exit after the World Cup debacle, India have won two Test series - one of them admittedly against Bangladesh - and six one-dayers. A solitary defeat against South Africa in the first match of the Future Cup remains the only blemish.
Victory no doubt brings its own aura, but this India side looks like a team. The “divisive” senior players are nowhere in sight. What instead has been on view is camaraderie and a unity of purpose. It is early still to pass judgment on the coaching abilities of Venkatesh Prasad and Robin Singh, but […]

Original post by Kanishkaa Balachandran and software by Elliott Back

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October 19th, 2007

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