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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The wicket had grass on it when we played here two years ago, but it may help spinners early this time.
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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.
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He sized up the situation very early on. There was help for the bowlers when the ball was hard and new and he knew he had to play cautiously. He controlled the innings beautifully. It was one of the best innings of several played by him on a difficult pitch. It was a special one.
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Sometimes fitness is a good thing to have, but you have to recognise that fitness takes you only so far, and skills are the most important thing. Fitness just helps you execute those cricketing skills for longer and more consistently, maybe.
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What he does when he gets fired at the top of the order is very destructive and that is something he had done successfully in the past.
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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.
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There are choices to make and someone will be unlucky. That is how life is.
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There are some cracks on it but otherwise it looks a good track.
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We know we have to play well. We have to play one day of good cricket out of the remaining two to win the series. We are confident of doing it. We have shown in the last two games we can play well in all departments.
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We know we have to play one good day to win the series and we have plans to meet the challenges of either chasing or setting the targets for the opposition.
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We also see tomorrow's game as an opportunity to give a chance to some of our batsmen and bowlers.
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We have a young and inexperienced bowling attack. So we have to come up with new ideas. We have to be a little better that what we have done so far.
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We have rested him as a precaution. Hopefully, he would be fit to play.
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Our batting in both innings, the top order especially, let us down.