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Journalism of Courage
His is a beautiful mind in a beautiful game retirement is just a technicality
Every sportsperson knows its all about the timing. And no one would be as acutely aware of it as Rahul Sharad Dravid,the master of the measured aesthetic. His farewell to cricket on Friday was a stroke in his own terms. And it was much like the man himself,unassuming and yet taking full cognisance of the big cricket picture. In his own words,I felt it was the right time for me to move on,for a next generation of cricketers to play and make a new history. No grand flourish,no soaring metaphor.
Even as Dravid seeks out the simple pleasures of buying grocery or dropping his kid off to school,Indian cricket should seek him out. In these times of transition,his advice could shape the next generation of world-beaters. Hes a reminder of the gritty beginnings of Team India and he should be drafted in to help map the future,for youngsters learning to juggle three formats. For,as he revealed in the Bradman Memorial lecture,he has a precious blueprint: drawn from a beautiful mind in a beautiful game.
