Rahul Dravid
Rahul Dravid
Rahul Dravid; born 11 January 1973) is a former Indian cricketer and captain, widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. Born in a Marathi family and brought up in Bangalore, he started playing cricket at the age of 12 and later represented Karnataka at the under-15, under-17 and under-19 levels. Hailed as The Wall, Dravid was named one of the best five cricketers of the year by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2000 and received...
ProfessionCricket Player
Date of Birth11 January 1973
CityIndore, India
against discover good growing heading pressure teams
Against good teams (like Pakistan), when you put yourself under pressure you discover lot of things like how you are growing as a team and I think we are heading in good direction.
against anyone attack both bowling deck doubt faced good hit innings line quality regularly
Against a good quality seam attack not only us, anyone could have faced a problem. Asif hit the seam on the deck regularly at the right line and I have no doubt his bowling in both innings made the difference.
accurate ball pose problems swing
If you are quick, accurate and can swing the ball around, you always pose problems.
drawn prepare
If you prepare another wicket like this it will be another drawn series.
conditions confident five given last parts
In the last five years, we have scored hundreds in all parts of the world and we are pretty confident that we can play in any conditions that are given to us.
against both case indian manner match opinion referee spirit spoken taken team umpires whom
In my opinion, and in the opinion of the umpires and match referee, both of whom I have spoken to, the Indian team did not get in any manner that was unsportsmanlike or against the spirit of the game. If that had been the case the umpires and the match referee would have taken action.
ball best bowlers controlled difficult early hard help innings knew played several situation special
He sized up the situation very early on. There was help for the bowlers when the ball was hard and new and he knew he had to play cautiously. He controlled the innings beautifully. It was one of the best innings of several played by him on a difficult pitch. It was a special one.
against carry confidence days england few forward series
Hopefully, we will carry forward the confidence of this series against England after a few days off.
best proved
He proved he is the best all-rounder in the world at the moment.
happened last related week
I don't think these things are related too much for international sportsmen. What happened last week should be forgotten.
coming hundred score strong team
I'm disappointed at not getting a hundred after coming so close. It's not just the century. I wanted to go on to make a big score and put the team into a really strong position.
depend eleven looks picked tomorrow
The eleven picked will depend on how the wicket looks tomorrow morning.
heat problem
The heat is not a problem but the humidity is.
wickets
The idea is to get a combination that can take 20 wickets in the match.