Dravid in no mood to comment on omission

NEW DELHI: After being dropped from the Indian cricket team for the first two one-day internationals against Pakistan, former captain Rahul Dravid on Sunday declined to make any comment on his omission.
    
"It's a long season ahead of us," was Dravid's reaction while leaving the city after flagging off the Delhi Half Marathon here.
    
Dravid, who was the centre of attention at the marathon here, tried his best to avoid the mediamen as he did not want to speak anything on his much talked-about axing from the national squad.
    
The 34-year-old flagged off the Great Delhi Run and cheered nearly 20,000 participants by waving at them. His presence ended up creating a halt as the participants stopped to have a look at the revered cricketer. Ultimately the organisers stepped in and urged the runners to start the race.
    
The former skipper, however, was in no mood to entertain the waiting media and successfully managed to keep the hacks at bay, on one occasion by literally sprinting off after the flag-off of the Wheelchair Run.
    
The waiting scribes, clamouring to get a byte or two on Dravid's ouster from the Indian ODI team, had to beat a retreat as the former captain chose to keep mum.