Rahul Sharad Dravid

Rahul Dravid will be the cynosure of a nation on Friday, September 11, when he calls it a day in the one-day arena of a game that he has played as a true gentleman, a fighting player and arguably India's most technically correct batsman.

Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar may have the maximum number of centuries, and runs to his name. Yet, an overwhelming 69% of the Moneycontrol.com users who participated in a poll on the website on Tuesday feel it is the under-rated Rahul Dravid who is a better batsman of the two.

England captain Andrew Strauss won the toss and elected to bat in the fourth and final cricket Test against India at the Oval today.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's decision to recall Ian Bell after a bizarre runout at Trent Bridge on Sunday will have gone down well with English cricket fans but his act of sportsmanship appears lost on some of his compatriots.

Tendulkar had played in the previous five World Cups, but had fallen short each time. The experience left him feeling "shattered beyond words."