India's young stars
As Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid prepare to leave the stage, the young pretenders are waiting in the wings, writes Dileep Premachandran in the Guardian .
George Binoy
25-Feb-2013
As Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid prepare to leave the stage, the young pretenders are waiting in the wings, writes Dileep Premachandran in the Guardian.
Given the threadbare schedule for the next 18 months, there's every possibility that the ongoing Test in Mumbai will be the last time that Tendulkar and Dravid take guard in the Mecca of Indian cricket. The void they leave behind is too large to fathom, but those fans who break into a cold sweat each time they ponder the future can take some encouragement from a crop of young players doing their time in the Ranji Trophy.
George Binoy is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo