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
achieving goals players results terms
We want to put the players under pressure. (But) not in terms of results that come naturally, but in terms of achieving different goals they have been set.
choice choices life
There are choices to make and someone will be unlucky. That is how life is.
cracks good looks otherwise
There are some cracks on it but otherwise it looks a good track.
chance game opportunity
We also see tomorrow's game as an opportunity to give a chance to some of our batsmen and bowlers.
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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.
great people played pressure pulled series team
It is a great feeling, everyone has played well. The team had been under pressure at times in the series but we had people who pulled the team out.
competition forward good looking pakistan side
It is a different competition with different rules. Pakistan is a good one-day side especially at home. We have a young side who has done well recently. We are looking forward to it.
definitely
We did not play well, we definitely need to get better.
bat confident cricket games good plans playing prefer specific won
We are playing good cricket and have won 11 games when we have chased. We are confident of doing both. We have specific plans when we bat first or chase. I do not think we prefer doing one over another.
developing encounters four last match planning strategy unable wickets
We are planning to developing a strategy which will give us 20 wickets in a match as in the last four encounters we were unable to do so for a victory.
against county cricket discussed good guys last meeting played
We discussed him in our bowler's meeting last evening. Some of the guys who have played against him in county cricket think he is a very good player.
bowlers five lost opportunity played weak
We played with five bowlers because we thought it was our weak area. But we lost the opportunity after restricting them to 216-4 at one stage.
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.
beat boys challenges easy happy pakistan responding strides taking team thrown
Pakistan is not an easy team to beat. We have had to play well to beat them in the series. I am happy with the strides we are taking as a team. As captain, it has been heartening to see that the boys are responding well to some of the challenges being thrown at them.