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
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.
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.
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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.
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.
batting chasing clicking confidence confident constantly goal learning series targets win
We were confident that our batting was clicking and we could chase. The goal was to win the series 4-1 and we are learning constantly about the way we are chasing targets and I think the confidence was the key.
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The cricket talent in India is still very much untapped. The hope is that the new money can help find our future stars.
england good kept played poorly pressure
We batted really poorly after lunch. England played well right through the test, they kept the pressure on. I congratulate them. They played some very good cricket.
books great history knowing passed people reading route special
All of us had been reading about it in the history books over the years. So, it was very special just to have passed the same route after knowing about all those great people who have used that route.
batting bowlers determined effort good team took
They (Pakistan) have a very good batting line-up. But our bowlers bowled very well and we took some very good catches. It was a determined team effort that fetched us this victory.
beyond high keeping maturity pressure shown situations spirits
The youngsters have responded brilliantly to the pressure situations and shown maturity beyond their years keeping their spirits high throughout.