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
backs doubt stay test wall
We had our backs to the wall right through the Test match, no doubt about that, and we did well to stay in it and keep fighting.
backs days good knew surprise three wall
We had our backs to the wall for three days in the first test. They didn't surprise us, we knew they're a good team.
authority decided importance issue keeping option pass relevance relevant series taking
We have the option of taking up the issue with the relevant authorities, but keeping the relevance and importance of the series we have decided to let the issue pass and put it to rest.
expect good last runs
I expect this wicket to last much better than the last two. Anything more than 250 runs will be a good score.
england expect fight hard left
I expect them (England) to come back hard at us. There is a lot of fight left in them and they are a very competitive unit.
looked position
From the position where I stood, it looked that it was not done deliberately. So we did not appeal.
believe learn opposition perform respect strong
I don't believe in statistics. We respect the opposition as they perform well especially in their own conditions, but we will try to learn something and put up a strong fight.
country enjoyed forward good hope last looking pakistan time tour
I am looking forward to the series, it should be a good one. We had a very good tour of Pakistan last time and I enjoyed the country and enjoyed going there. Hope the same this time.
ashes cricket ensures future plan sure
I am sure in future they will come up with a plan like the Ashes which ensures that there is not too much and not too little cricket played. I think you got to get the right balance.
hopefully remaining series
But this is a seven-match series and hopefully they would do so in the remaining games.
bit cards good honest initially lay looks might table
I wouldn't lay out my cards on the table now, to be honest it looks a very good wicket that might do a little bit initially for the bowlers.
cricket good
If we play good cricket, we should win,
bring case due feels games losing seriously weather
If they are losing a lot of games due to weather then there is some sense to do that. If the PCB seriously feels that they are losing games due to weather they should bring up the case with the ICC.
batting conditions depend key order players positions series shows strategy suited test
Shuffling of batting order will depend on strategy and other conditions but the post-mortem of the Test series shows that we will have to play the key players in the positions suited to them.