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
bowlers camp clearly learn mood raise series
We clearly have to raise our fielding standards. It was disappointing. Our bowlers also have to learn to bowl under pressure. The mood is down in the camp now but every series is a new series and we will try to learn from our mistakes.
deviate game nice plans seal understand
We do understand it is an important game. Every game is important it will be nice (to seal it). But I do not think we will deviate too much from our plans for this game.
happy won
We are very happy to have won the first two matches.
carries gets good happy hoping won
We are very happy to have won the first two matches. But we are hoping that once a batsman gets set, he carries on to make a good score.
cricket good playing ran team
We're playing some good cricket and everyone in the team is contributing. We ran away with this one.
choice choices life
There are choices to make and someone will be unlucky. That is how life is.
chance game opportunity
We also see tomorrow's game as an opportunity to give a chance to some of our batsmen and bowlers.
faced few nice
We've faced a few (fast) bowlers, so it's nice to have someone who can give it back.
eye team whatever win
Whatever team we pick, we'll try to win the match, but with an eye on the future.
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.
fired gets order top
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.
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.
achieving goals players results terms
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.
bowling ideas
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.