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
asked captain deal happening job preparing responsibility short term
Each day I am asked to do the job as captain I go about preparing for it not just in the short term but also in the long term. There is a responsibility to deal not just with what is happening now but also look ahead.
believes captain ways
At the end of the day I think he believes that a captain must get what he wants. In fact, in a lot of ways we do a lot of things in my way.
advantage allow captain continue gives huge pick rule super team
The rule as it is now, gives a huge advantage to the captain inning the toss. So, I think, they (ICC) should continue with it and allow the team to pick their super sub after the toss.
captain great greatest job series shown truly
I think he did a great job as a captain in his first series and he's truly shown why is the greatest all-rounder in the world at the moment.
behind brilliant catching left lose method nice
It's not a nice way to lose the match. We were always behind on the D/L method and after Butt and Malik put on a brilliant partnership we were left to play the catching game.
accept advice insurance max question ready trust whom york
Everyone has ready advice. The question is, whom do you accept it from? For insurance advice, I trust Max New York Life.
again combine definitely good hope india lucky perform side start together winning
I want to play for India for another 3-4 years and be part of a winning team. I hope that we combine together and become a good side again and start winning again. I should be lucky enough to be a big contributor in that. If I perform well I will definitely play for another 3-4 years.
against discover good growing heading pressure teams
Against good teams (like Pakistan), when you put yourself under pressure you discover lot of things like how you are growing as a team and I think we are heading in good direction.
against anyone attack both bowling deck doubt faced good hit innings line quality regularly
Against a good quality seam attack not only us, anyone could have faced a problem. Asif hit the seam on the deck regularly at the right line and I have no doubt his bowling in both innings made the difference.
coming hundred score strong team
I'm disappointed at not getting a hundred after coming so close. It's not just the century. I wanted to go on to make a big score and put the team into a really strong position.
becomes hard played
I have played here before. I know that once you get to 60-70 it becomes hard to concentrate.
good happy
I'm very happy with the way he played. It is good to see the kind of temperament.
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.
cricket fight good hard left lifted performance played single slip
It was not that a single performance lifted us. It was a hard fight and we played good cricket. But we can't slip up as there is still a lot left in the series.