Dravid announces retirement from ODI and T20 cricket

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Less than 12 hours after earning a shock recall to India’s ODI squad, Rahul Dravid announced his retirement from one-day and T20 cricket at the end of the England tour.

Dravid made the announcement after India’s practice game against Northamptonshire.

“I am honoured and privileged to be selected for the one-day team,” Dravid said.

“Since I had not been picked for one-day cricket for the last two years, I was obviously a little surprised and to be honest, because I had not been picked, I had not informed the selectors or the board of my desire to solely focus on Test cricket.”

“At the end of this one-day series, I would like to announce my retirement from one-day and Twenty20 cricket and concentrate only on Test cricket.

I am committed, as always to give my best to India in this one-day series and obviously the Test series that follows.”

“In the short term I am committed because now I have been picked for the series, but in the long term I think it is best for me and Indian cricket that I focus on Test cricket.”