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*Dravid only came in to replace Sehwag: Gavaskar*
*New Delhi:* Was it fair to leave _Rahul Dravid_ out of the one-day team against Australia? That has dominated the headlines for the last few days. On CNN-IBN's special show Sunny Side Up, that question was put up to the legendary _Sunil Gavaskar_. Gavaskar says that while Dravid's sacking was unavoidable, _Yusuf Pathan_ got a raw deal.
*_Sunil Gavaskar_:* _Yusuf Pathan_ can change a match in the last 5-10 overs. He is the kind of batsman who can do that and also come in and bowl you a few overs and fill up the fifth bowler's quota. To say that he didn't score too many runs is a little bit unfair, because he comes in to bat at No. 6, where you get very few overs.
All a No. 6 or a No. 7 batsman, and it's not just Yusuf, has to do is go out and smash. He has no time to play himself in. He does it for the team because the team needs it.
*CNN-IBN:* The chairman of selectors is a very dear friend of yours and an old opening partner. Do you think he got this one right, the way that Dravid was brought back into the ODI team, and then to leave him out after he did pretty well.
*_Sunil Gavaskar_:* There was the Sehwag issue as well. Sehwag was injured, and he wasn't available for the Sri Lanka tour and the Champions Trophy. What happens in a situation like this is sometimes, when a regular player is injured, and somebody comes in to replace him, I think it was the obvious thing.
_Rahul Dravid_ came in to replace Sehwag because the others who are supposedly not so good against short-pitched deliveries, were all still part of the one-day side. I think it was only that Sehwag got fit and returned to the squad and Dravid missed out. That was quite simply it.
Source: *CNN-IBN*
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