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Dravid not keen to don gloves
June 19, 2004 17:37 IST
India batsman Rahul Dravid is hopeful teenage Test wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel will relieve him soon as the side's one-day gloveman.
Dravid is among the top Test batsmen in the world, but won a regular one-day spot only after agreeing to keep wicket two seasons ago. The move helped India play an extra batsman.
However, the 31-year-old has often spoken of the strain of keeping wicket.
"Wicketkeeping is not
something that comes naturally to me. I look upon it as a challenge and I try and do my best," Dravid told reporters on Saturday.
"I hope Parthiv will be given the opportunity to become a full-fledged wicketkeeper batsman (in one-dayers) that probably India needs in the future."
He said he hoped Patel's improving Test batting on the last two tours of Australia and Pakistan would earn him a regular one-day spot soon.
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