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
batting best clicked guess played playing
We played the best batting combination and it clicked in the first two Tests. But I guess we now have to think about playing the best batsmen in best positions.
easier final gets nice
When you're in it gets easier to bat, so it was nice to get two new batsmen at the crease for the final day.
boys early ourselves poor shots
We had let ourselves down with some poor shots early on. The young boys showed us how to play.
cricket great last lived quality series tests wickets
We had great cricket in two last two series because of the quality of pitches. Unfortunately, the wickets in the first two Tests here have not lived up to the expectations of an India-Pakistan contest.
captain great greatest job series shown truly
I think he did a great job as a captain in his first series and he's truly shown why is the greatest all-rounder in the world at the moment.
deviate game nice plans seal understand
We do understand it is an important game. Every game is important it will be nice (to seal it). But I do not think we will deviate too much from our plans for this game.
africa against middle order played series south
We played him in the middle order against South Africa with some success. We have a lot of options, but we will see as the series progresses.
bat decision run runs short
We were 30 runs short on that wicket. I still think it was the right decision to bat first, we just didn't bat well enough, and the run outs didn't help.
batting boys good key performance
I thought it was a very professional performance from our boys. The key was the bowling. They bowled really well on a good batting track.
decide position rather umpire umpires
I think this the umpire who decide any one out or not out rather the umpires are in better position to answer.
anyone ruling
We are not ruling out anyone for the World Cup.
faced few nice
We've faced a few (fast) bowlers, so it's nice to have someone who can give it back.
bit england
We thought we would give England a bit of a scare.
gets hard knew
Having batted here before I knew at 60-70 it gets really hard to concentrate.