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
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They fought really hard in the Test matches and used a lot of energy to draw the series. Bombay was critical for us psychologically and the way the boys bounced back was a credit to us.
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I told him 'Just keep enjoying yourself, mate. I'm having a great time watching you'.
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It's a great sign for him and for Indian cricket. Hopefully, he will go from strength to strength from here.
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It's not that we will forget to bat or bowl in one day.
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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.
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It is very satisfying. It gives us confidence to know that we can scratch and still go on to win, particularly considering that we were not considered good chasers not a long while ago.
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It's a long season ahead for us. It's the start of what I see as a very long 6-8 months. If we take the right steps, hopefully we will see some progress in the course of time.
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It looks better but since the sun is out it could become difficult later on and we will have to bat really well to remain in the match.
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This last match is as important as the other matches, so we need to win this as well as the objective is to win every time we play.
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It was quite bizarre really the way we collapsed. After lunch there was a collective lapse of reason.
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It was a very satisfying innings, England have one of the better attacks I have played in Indian conditions.
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It will be a high scoring match and team batting first should post a total in excess of 250 runs.
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They've done well there, last time they beat Pakistan. England have shown this summer that they have got the personnel.
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Also, in conditions like this, it can get very tough on the bowlers. We felt we needed five bowlers to keep them fresh and motivated, considering the long season ahead. We wanted to spread the workload ahead and guard against burn-out.