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
happened key players
What happened to their key players is unfortunate.
cricket focus good playing special trying
While it is always special to play your 100th game, the focus really is on playing good cricket and trying to win.
correct few games hope runs series top
We will like a few more runs in the top order. In the first two games we could have got a few more runs but it is a seven-match series and we hope to correct that.
aspects hard looking three
We will be looking at what kind of combination we will go in with (in the first Test). But we have to keep working hard on all three aspects of our game,
aim approach definitely game match series win winning
We would definitely want to win the match (for a 4-1 series score). We approach each game with the aim of winning it.
bat confusion good mind pitch
This wicket is different from the ones we've had before on this tour. But there is no confusion in mind about this pitch. It will be a good pitch to bat on.
early ourselves poor selection shot took
We let ourselves down with some poor shot selection early on and it took the youngsters to show the way to bat.
cannot lose performance stands
Two performances cannot take away anything, it is people's perception. Our performance still stands even if we lose these two games.
eight per runs scoring
But scoring at eight runs per over was always going to be difficult.
aware both importance players series sure teams
Both teams know the importance of the series and I am sure the players are aware of their responsibilities.
both easy flat lost matter respond wickets
Both times we lost tosses and we had to respond to big totals, and that's not easy no matter how flat the wickets were.
bat bowl forget
It's not that we will forget to bat or bowl in one day.
against anxiety count cricket normal perform performance performs pressure recent statistics team
It?s the normal pressure or anxiety to perform well which is good. We know Pakistan?s recent performance against us has been good. But statistics don?t count much as in one-day cricket the team that performs well on that day will win.
behind catching game lose method nice playing
It was not a nice way to lose a match. We were always behind the D/L Method after Malik and Butt's partnership and we were playing the catching (up) game after that.