The most expected retirements have slowly started to come, one after the other.

Although there is more than one Indian senior who deserves to retire from International cricket, it will be beneficial for Indian cricket if Dravid, Tendulkar and Laxman defer their retirements for the time being.

Rahul has been in the worst form slump of his career and we have discussed much about his form slump in this space before.

With the absence of Ganguly and Kumble already leaving a huge void to fill,