It is now matter of time that Dravid will leave the scene. (He did score
100, but may be in a year he should call it quits)



Here are a few choices:



Ajinkya Rahane - 20 years of age - (Mumbai) has played - 21 First Class
matches 2125 runs @ an Avg of 66.40, started his career for Mumbai last
year in a First Class Match against Karachi Urbans. Scored century on
debut

Cheteshwar Pujara - 20 years of age - (Saurashtra) - 36 First Class
Matches 2647 runs @ an Avg of 54.02 (Scored 3 triple centuries this
season - 2 in U-19 and 1 in Ranji)

(The above record does not include fantastic 4th innings ton to beat
Dravid's Karnataka yesterday, he arrived at crease when score was 13/3
chasing 325 in 4th innings)

S Badrinath - 28 years of age (Tamilnadu) - 70 First Class Matches 4905
runs @ an average of 55.11 - Age can go against him

Manoj Tiwary (Bengal) - 23 years - 30 First Class Matches 2046 runs @
51.15 - he was selected for India team, just before his debut he injured
himself and had to ruturn back. He is called "chota dada" - has Ganguly
type attitude and can bat in 4th innings like Waugh/Gavaskar

and there are usual suspects like Rain, Kaif, Uthappa, and Rohit Sharma.
Of these Kaif is approaching 29. Uthappa nd Rohit are yet to show class
in longer version of game.

My choices are Raina (from tested ones) and Pujara (from not so tested
ones at nternational levels)