Veteran Indian batsman Rahul Dravid has announced his retirement from One-Day and Twenty20 cricket after the England tour. The announcement comes hours after he was named in the Indian squad for the ODI series and one-off T20 International against England yesterday.

In a statement at Northampton last night, Dravid said after this one-day series, he will concentrate only on Test cricket. He made it clear that he will honour the commitment to play in the one-off T20 International on August 31 and five-match ODI series starting September 3 but thereafter his career in Twenty20 and one-day internationals should be deemed as over.

Asked if the selectors talked to him before announcing his inclusion in the Indian ODI team, Dravid said, he is surprised by being named in the ODI squad.

Dravid’s decision is seen as a snub to selectors for ignoring and picking him whenever it suited them in ODI cricket. Dravid, one of India’s most successful ODI batsman ever, has not been picked for the Indian side since the Champions Trophy match against the West Indies in Johannesburg, South Africa on September 30, 2009.