After being dropped from the Indian cricket team for the first two one-day internationals
against Pakistan, former captain Rahul Dravid today declined to
make any comment on his omission.
"It's a long season ahead of us," was Dravid's reaction while leaving
the city after flagging off the Delhi Half Marathon here.
Dravid, who was the centre of attention at the marathon here,
tried his best to avoid the mediamen as he did not want to speak anything on
his much talked-about axing from the national squad.
The 34-year-old flagged off the Great Delhi Run and cheered nearly 20,000 participants
by waving at them. His presence ended up creating a halt as the participants
stopped to have a look at the revered cricketer. Ultimately the organisers stepped
in and urged the runners to start the race.
The former skipper, however, was in no mood to entertain the
waiting media and successfully managed to keep the hacks at bay, on one occasion
by literally sprinting off after the flag-off of the Wheelchair Run.
The waiting scribes, clamouring to get a byte or two on Dravid's
ouster from the Indian ODI team, had to beat a retreat as the former captain
chose to keep mum.
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