Dravid ready to continue with dual role

Just a couple of days after hogging the headlines at the ICC awards, Rahul Dravid insisted that he was ready to continue with his dual role - key batsman and wicketkeeper - in the Indian one-day side. "I'm extremely delighted at these awards but it hasn't really sunk in, to be honest," he said. "As for my cricket, there is a lot more I can still do."

A report in the Indian Express quoted Dravid as saying that he would be willing to do whatever the team required, brushing aside speculation that he was unhappy with donning the wicketkeeping gloves. "It is not for others to presume that I like it or don't like it," he said. "Sure, it puts extra physical effort but I have been able to cope with it because of my improved fitness. To be honest, it is not so difficult to do it in these conditions compared to say Sri Lanka where the conditions can be hot and oppressive."

But according to a report in Kolkata's Telegraph, Dinesh Karthik was back in the wicketkeeping frame despite earlier hints from Sourav Ganguly that his appearance at Lord's against England had been a one-off. Karthik missed the first 45 minutes of India's training session on Thursday after getting the departure time wrong, but it's unlikely to cost him in the run-up to India's first match against Kenya.