There was a time when he was known as “the Wall” of the Indian test cricket team, yes we are talking about the dashing middle order batsman Rahul Dravid. A day before BCCI has announced his name for the probable players list in the team India for Champions Trophy. I really liked this decision and if you believe the cricket pundits then he is likely to be included in the squad for the Champions Trophy which is going to be held in South Africa in the month of September and October 2009.

It is really good news for the cricket fans of Indian cricket team. Although Team India won the four match ODI series against West Indies in West Indies by 2-1 (last match being washed away by rain), although Indian batting line up struggled through out the series. Especially Indian batsman struggled badly against the short pitched balls, we still remember how batsman like Gambhir, Raina, Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, and Dhoni struggled against the Short-pitched balls in Twenty-20 World Cup in England, and due to their failures team exit at the Super Eight round only, that too without winning any match in the Super Eight round.

For many people the inclusion of Dravid’s name in the list of probable is really surprising as they never consider Dravid as fit for the ODI or Twenty-20 format, but they should not forget about the Rahul Dravid’s contribution for the Royal Challengers Bangalore’s performance in the second session of the Indian Premiere League in South Africa. He scored 271 runs during IPL 2009 which includes the strike rate of 115.

For me it is a decision which needs to welcome, as he is highly required along with Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag so that our team can gain back the pride which we lost during the Twenty-20 world cup.