'I would like to read the book before commenting'

Former India captain Rahul Dravid on Tuesday said he won’t be commenting on each and everything Sachin Tendulkar has written in his autobiography, adding that it would be unfair to comment on any issue without reading the book.

Tendulkar has written that Chappell visited his home just before the 2007 World Cup and suggested about making him the Indian captain at Dravid’s expense.

“I have made some other comments yesterday on what I have information about, which is that it was a private conversation between two people. So, it is hard for me to make a comment on that and actually say what happened or what didn’t happen. It is up for the two individuals to figure out what happened. I don’t really want to make a comment on that sort of conversation or whether it happened or whether it didn’t happen or what happened. So, the rest of the book, look I would like to read it.”

Tendulkar had also suggested to the Board to send the team without the coach to the World Cup in 2007 and asked if he agreed with the view in hindsight, Dravid said he didn’t have to comment on everything the batting icon says.

“In what context Sachin has mentioned, what has he said, it is hard to make a comment on something that you are hearing from the media and getting snippets of. So, wait to see what the context is and what this thing was. I am not going to comment on every single thing that Sachin Tendulkar says. I don’t need to be able to be commenting on everything that Tendulkar says,” he said.

Asked about the upcoming series in Australia, the 41-year old said youngsters would have an opportunity to learn Down Under. Youngsters like Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara were tested in England and Dravid said they would have to figure out how to play on and outside the off stump.

“I think the real challenges there are going to be is again on the on and outside the off stump and the bounce that you have to counter. Knowing where your off stump is going to be critically important in Australia.”