Rohan takes it in stride

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal">MUMBAI: The selectors might not have found favour with him. But almost every cricket fan, journalist or expert after reading the list of the team to Pakistan, might have reached for the Thesaurus to find synonyms for ‘unfortunate’ to describe Rohan Gavaskar’s omission from the team. The Bengal skipper though, seems to have taken it in his stride.<br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">Excerpts:</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">Were you surprised at your omission?</span><br /><br />I won’t say surprised. Let’s say I am disappointed. <br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">Do you think you did enough in Australia to be an automatic choice for the team going Pakistan? </span><br /><br />(Hesitates before speaking): It depends on how you look at it. I think I did well in the limited opportunities I got. But as a cricketer, one feels that you could always do better. A batsman after getting out for 200 feels he could have scored 250. Although I did well, I could always have done better.<br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">You have been dropped pretty early in your international career. Will it help you get tougher?</span><br /><br />Hopefully yes. There were only 15 guys who could get in. I could not make this team of 15, maybe I’ll make the next one. Highs and lows are part of a sportsman’s career. This is a low. Maybe there is a high somewhere down the corner. <br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">Did you speak to your father after the team selection?</span><br /><br />We speak to each other every day, team selection or not.<br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">What did he tell you?</span><br /><br />I’m not going to tell you that. (Laughs). It is something that will remain between the Gavaskars.</div> </div>