Rahul Dravid Retires: A Glorious Farewell
NEWS FLASH: Rahul Dravid retires from international cricket, leaves behind a legacy of runs and goodwill. Yes, it's true! Rahul Sharad Dravid , one of the five enduring colonnades of Indian cricket, will no longer adorn the whites again . While I was never his greatest fan, I still was unable to digest the fact that come November, a new number 3 will be walking out for India. While some people may feel that this change was essential; and is the harbinger of a golden era for Indian cricket, I feel that this marks the beginning of the end of one. Sachin, Rahul, VVS, Sourav and Anil are veraciously irreplaceable. Rahul Dravid: 'I leave with sadness, but also with dignity' The first thing that comes to my mind when I think of Rahul Dravid is the word 'pillar'. He embodies the pillar of a house in every sense of the word. While Sourav Ganguly was like Italian marble flooring, flashy and graceful at times, yet cold and intolerable at other; Sachin