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
aware both importance players series sure teams
Both teams know the importance of the series and I am sure the players are aware of their responsibilities.
both easy flat lost matter respond wickets
Both times we lost tosses and we had to respond to big totals, and that's not easy no matter how flat the wickets were.
best enjoy ourselves prepared series
Every series is a challenge. We have prepared ourselves the best we can. We want to enjoy our cricket.
critical fires form run top tough whatever
At the moment, we want to give him some more opportunities at the top of the order. He is having a tough run of late. For us, it is critical to try and get him back into form and we will do whatever it takes. What he does for us when he fires at the top is very destructive, something he has done with a lot of success.
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.
aspects hard looking three
We will be looking at what kind of combination we will go in with (in the first Test). But we have to keep working hard on all three aspects of our game,
happened key players
What happened to their key players is unfortunate.
might problem risk
We might not risk him if the problem doesn't settle.
aim approach definitely game match series win winning
We would definitely want to win the match (for a 4-1 series score). We approach each game with the aim of winning it.
bat confusion good mind pitch
This wicket is different from the ones we've had before on this tour. But there is no confusion in mind about this pitch. It will be a good pitch to bat on.
batting conditions depend key order players positions series shows strategy suited test
Shuffling of batting order will depend on strategy and other conditions but the post-mortem of the Test series shows that we will have to play the key players in the positions suited to them.
bit cards good honest initially lay looks might table
I wouldn't lay out my cards on the table now, to be honest it looks a very good wicket that might do a little bit initially for the bowlers.
bit needed stage
We needed another wicket at that stage (95-6), but could not get it. We could have probably bowled a bit better in that game.
batting chasing clicking confidence confident constantly goal learning series targets win
We were confident that our batting was clicking and we could chase. The goal was to win the series 4-1 and we are learning constantly about the way we are chasing targets and I think the confidence was the key.