Dravid to open innings for Karnataka against UP in Ranji tie
Meerut | Monday, Nov 2 2009 IST
 

Legendary batsman and skipper of Karnataka team Rahul Dravid finds the opener of Ranji trophy cricket season against Uttar Pradesh an apt opportunity for match practice ahead of Sri Lanka Test series.

''I will be playing two Ranji matches before Srilanka test series and would be happy to perform well for my team,'' he told reporters at Bhamashah stadium where the four-day Ranji match undergoes from tomorrow. He is also likley to play next match against formidable Delhi.

Dravid said the UP team is a bunch of talented crickters with likes of international Rudra Pratap Singh, Mohad Kaif and Piyush Chawla and upcoming pacer the local Bhuvnesh Kumar donning the side.''I want to give my best to start good season for my Karnataka team,'' he says.

In fact, the Karnataka-UP match will provide enough opportunities for R P Singh, Piyush Chawla from UP and Robin Uthappa of Karnataka to remind the selectors about their prowess. Bhuvnesh Kumar, the lanky bowler from Meerut, which has produced Praveen Kumar, is also known to be in reckoning to play at the top level.

Incidentally, Praveen Kumar, currently doing duty for the national side against visiting Australia, along with Bhuvnesh Kumar, had played with Dravid for Royal Challenger team in the Indian Premier League(IPL). No wonder, both the players earned lavish praise from the Karnataka captain. UP had been performing well in the domestic circuit under the captaincy of Kaif and many of its players had alreday made it to the national side, Dravid said. ''We cannot take UP lightly in any case,''he quips.

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