Tendulkar, Dravid in favour of India taking part in ICC Champions Trophy

A BUNCH OF CRICKETING HEAVY WEIGHTS including Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid are in favour of India taking part in the upcoming Champions Trophy. 

Tendulkar and Dravid are among among a group of 12 former cricketers who want BCCI to give thumbs up for the major event and finalize squad for the same. As reported by ESPNCricinfo, Tendulkar, Dravid, Zaheer Khan, Gundappa Viswanath, Sandeep Patil, Sanjay Manjrekar, Aakash Chopra, Ajit Agarkar, Venkatesh Prasad, Saba Karim, Murali Kartik and Deep Dasgupta are "unanimous" that team India should be given a chance to defend the trophy they had won in 2013.

However, the BCCI is mulling a withdrawal from CT despite the Supreme Court-led COA asserting that such a decision could not be taken without its consent. It is learnt that the Indian cricket board will take a decision in this regard at its SGM meeting set to be held on May 7 in New Delhi.
 

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