Melbourne: Former Australian captain Allan Border does not consider picking five players on the wrong side of 30 in the Indian squad to play against Australia a wise decision but said the selectors might be giving the seniors one last opportunity to perform and exit with a bang.
“You look at that squad, you talk about Dad’s Army, the Australians, that’s a very, very old Indian side,” Border said referring to the inclusion of Anil Kumble, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman in the Indian 15-member squad.
“They (the selectors) want all the experienced guys there, and their hard heads, and I’d say this will be the final fling for that group of players. I get the feeling that this is the final frontier for these guys.’’
They want to play Australia for the last time in their own country, and go out with a bang. I think the selectors are saying ``we’ll go with the hard heads one last time and we can’t be held accountable if we throw some young fellas in there and they get beaten ... if they’re unsuccessful, they’re quite justified in changing,” Border told Foxsports.
“You look at that squad, you talk about Dad’s Army, the Australians, that’s a very, very old Indian side,” Border said referring to the inclusion of Anil Kumble, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman in the Indian 15-member squad.
“They (the selectors) want all the experienced guys there, and their hard heads, and I’d say this will be the final fling for that group of players. I get the feeling that this is the final frontier for these guys.’’
They want to play Australia for the last time in their own country, and go out with a bang. I think the selectors are saying ``we’ll go with the hard heads one last time and we can’t be held accountable if we throw some young fellas in there and they get beaten ... if they’re unsuccessful, they’re quite justified in changing,” Border told Foxsports.
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