India's problems at home spare Dravid a full one-day inquisition

Rahul Dravid has escaped a grilling over India's defeat in the first ODI against England as his cricket board faces the threat of a breakaway league at home, writes David Hopps in the Guardian. India's one-day squad cannot remain entirely immune from what is happening back at home, says Hopps, and that England, after their victory at the Rose Bowl, should now properly be regarded as favourites to take the seven-match series.