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
against carry confidence days england few forward series
Hopefully, we will carry forward the confidence of this series against England after a few days off.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
africa against bowl challenge enjoy hero india last late series south
He was the unsung hero in the one-day series against South Africa and Sri Lanka (in India late last year). Hopefully, he will enjoy the challenge here and bowl well.