Dravid Leading from the Front

Openers job is to see the shine off the ball, tire the front line bowlers and then build an innings of substance. With Dravid opening the innings, each one of them - see the shine off, tire the front line bowlers and build an innings, each one of those things is possible, so its in the interest of the team he is leading, that dravid has opened. On the contrary, one could speculate, if Ganguly went out in the middle to open, it would have been a morale booster for the opening bowlers ( they already know the line and length - on the leg above the rib), and dravid would have walked sooner, this time with a wicket on the score board and the bowlers pscyhed up since they would only have to take 9 more wickets.

By giving Ganguly his regular slot in the middle order, Dravid has put the team interest above any thing else...

Wish the weather held steady and our batsmen kept the opponents on the field longer than they themselves have been, that would mean a moral victory for the men in blue.