Known to accord fitting send-offs to the seniors, it remains to be seen if India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has any plans for Rahul Dravid, who will bring the curtains down on his illustrious ODI career after the final one-dayer against England on Friday.
Dhoni's gestures in 2008, when former captains Sourav Ganguly and Anil Kumble walked away towards their cricketing twilight, spoke volumes about the man.
He let the combative Ganguly lead the side briefly against Australia in the final Test in Nagpur, while carried Kumble on his broad shoulders. He also made sure that India's greatest wicket-taker was there at the podium to receive the trophy after they won the series 2-0.
Though Dravid has so far failed to set the stage ablaze in the final ODI series of his career, managing a meagre 55 runs at 13.75 from four matches, it's his overall tally - 10820 runs from 343 one-dayers at 39.06, which commands utmost respect.
Dravid is the second highest scorer ever in Test cricket but hasn't done badly in one-dayers also, in which he is seventh in the all-time list, ahead of players like Brian Lara and for more details....
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