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
decide position rather umpire umpires
I think this the umpire who decide any one out or not out rather the umpires are in better position to answer.
africa against higher number pakistan played south teams
Sri Lanka was higher than us, so was South Africa and now Pakistan was number two. So we have played well against teams higher than us.
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.
cricket future help hope india money talent
The cricket talent in India is still very much untapped. The hope is that the new money can help find our future stars.
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.
backs doubt stay test wall
We had our backs to the wall right through the Test match, no doubt about that, and we did well to stay in it and keep fighting.
backs days good knew surprise three wall
We had our backs to the wall for three days in the first test. They didn't surprise us, we knew they're a good team.
authority decided importance issue keeping option pass relevance relevant series taking
We have the option of taking up the issue with the relevant authorities, but keeping the relevance and importance of the series we have decided to let the issue pass and put it to rest.
anyone ruling
We are not ruling out anyone for the World Cup.
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.
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.