Praveen Kumar
Jul 6 2009, Sreelata Yellamrazu

The BCCI selection panel met in Chennai today to select the thirty probable players to make it to South Africa for the ICC Champions Trophy.
Amongst the any names, a surprise inclusion is that of Rahul Dravid, formerly considered not good...

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