Why Rahul Dravid was brought back into the Indian team

           It explains - partially at least - why Rahul Dravid was brought back into the Indian team. He leads the averages chart among batsmen who'll be playing in the tournament - in 17 innings (against the top eight teams only) he has notched up nine half-centuries. Ricky Ponting and Jacques Kallis, the mainstays for Australia and South Africa, are next on the list. Only three other batsmen average more than 40. And Dravid is top among them . 

Batsmen against the top eight teams in ODIs in South Africa

Batsman	ODIs	Runs	Average	Strike rate	100s/ 50s
Rahul Dravid	17	737	56.69	67.42	0/ 9
Ricky Ponting	22	1031	54.26	94.06	4/ 4
Jacques Kallis	113	4080	46.89	74.33	6/ 28
JP Duminy	13	398	44.22	81.72	0/ 2
Michael Hussey	10	338	42.25	93.62	0/ 3
AB de Villiers	34	1159	41.39	85.22	0/ 9
Graeme Smith	56	2079	39.98	83.72	3/ 16
Herschelle Gibbs	87	2739	34.23	82.97	9/ 9
Sanath Jayasuriya	29	899	32.10	81.72	2/ 5
Mohammad Yousuf	18	509	31.81	77.12	1/ 2
Sachin Tendulkar	26	822	31.61	73.92	1/ 4
Kumar Sangakkara	17	404	28.85	68.94	0/ 2
Mark Boucher	101	1522	27.67	82.58	0/ 5
Michael Clarke	10	243	27.00	71.68	0/ 3
Brendon McCullum	12	237	26.33	69.50	0/ 1
Paul Collingwood	10	181	25.85	78.35	0/ 1
Younis Khan	13	336	25.84	67.74	0/ 2
Yuvraj Singh	10	180	22.50	81.08	0/ 1