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> > You can not elect a person based on one outing. Since then and even
> > before that dhawan has been more consistent than Uthappa.............
> > Uthappa's Stat:
> > ODIs 2 2 0 98 86 49.00 120 81.66 0 1 13 1 1
> > 0
> > First-class 20 32 0 1037 162 32.40 1777 58.35 1 6
> > 24 0
> > List A 28 28 1 1117 160 41.37 1243 89.86 3 7
> > 9 0
> > Dhawan:
> > First-class 15 26 1 1037 130 41.47 2208 46.96 2 6
> > 16 0
> > List A 24 24 4 1123 131* 56.14 1406 79.87 4 5 7
> > 0
> > U's averages are 32.4 and 41.4
> > D's averages are 41.5 and 56.1
> > I think Dhawan is a better player. He is also a leftie and right-left
> > combination is good at the top of the order.............
> > rakesh
> I never said Uthappa is a better player than Dhawan. I merely said Uthappa
> impressed Chappell and the selectors in challengers and got selected.
> Dravid is not like ganguly to pull his statemates or southern mates into the
> team like ganguly did with northies.
Ahem yes, Ganguly played for the North Zone. Anything else?
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> If Dravid had any real power and bias he would have succeeded in persuading
> Chappell to include his buddy Kumble in the OD team.
> Dravid stood behind the mediocre and useless kaif despite less than 10
> average in the last 10 ODs is proof enough he doesnt have any regional
> considerations and biases.
> And he replaced SreeSanth with RP Singh and Munaf in the ODs when the
> situation warranted also proves he is above regional biases.
And Ganguly passionately wanted Srinath not to retire because like
Ganguly,
Srinath was from the North Pole, sorry Zone. Ganguly's support of
Balaji
also proves that both were from the North Pole, sorry Mars. Everything
is
crystal clear and so easy to prove.
-pm