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 england home series worried
He has strained his hamstring and we are worried about his availability for the home series against England.
fine great
He is a great cricketer but more importantly, he is also a fine person.
cricket ensure five good pitch series whatever
Whatever the pitch we must ensure we play good cricket on all five days. It is an important series and we would like to do well.
eye team whatever win
Whatever team we pick, we'll try to win the match, but with an eye on the future.
cricket good playing ran team
We're playing some good cricket and everyone in the team is contributing. We ran away with this one.
hopefully remaining series
But this is a seven-match series and hopefully they would do so in the remaining games.
cricket good
If we play good cricket, we should win,
bring case due feels games losing seriously weather
If they are losing a lot of games due to weather then there is some sense to do that. If the PCB seriously feels that they are losing games due to weather they should bring up the case with the ICC.
believe learn opposition perform respect strong
I don't believe in statistics. We respect the opposition as they perform well especially in their own conditions, but we will try to learn something and put up a strong fight.
faced few nice
We've faced a few (fast) bowlers, so it's nice to have someone who can give it back.
bit england
We thought we would give England a bit of a scare.
gets hard knew
Having batted here before I knew at 60-70 it gets really hard to concentrate.
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.
amount closely coming cricket decision keeping mind playing progress series
He has not bowled as yet. We are monitoring his progress closely and we will take a decision (on playing him) keeping in mind this series and the amount of cricket coming up.