Dravid lets his bat do the talking Dravid's monumental 214 (437m, 330b, 21x4, 5x6) was the cornerstone of Karnataka's second innings total of 397 for six, at which stage Anil Kumble applied the declaration.
'Focused on playing for State' It's not tough at all to motivate yourself when you are playing for your State. External factors have no bearing, really. At the moment, I am focussing on playing well for Karnataka," Dravid said.
Bhajji, Kartik have struck right chord From a team perspective, Kartik and Harbhajan have supported each other splendidly, and it was evident from the way they had choked Pakistani batsmen in the first one-dayer in Guwahati.
'Test captaincy can wait'
Shastri, Greg not in favour of rushing Dhoni Mahendra Singh Dhoni may have impressed with his leadership skills in the one-dayers but burdening him with the Test captaincy would be asking for too much from the youngster, feel former skipper Ravi Shastri and former India coach Greg Chappell.
Tendulkar says no to Test captaincy "Sachin Tendulkar has conveyed to BCCI President Sharad Pawar that he was not in a position to accept the captaincy of the Indian Team for the Tests," Niranjan Shah, secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket India, said.
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