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
areas ball both innings quality
I think the way Asif bowled with the new ball in both innings was quality stuff. He put the ball in the right areas and used the seam beautifully.
accurate ball pose problems swing
If you are quick, accurate and can swing the ball around, you always pose problems.
ball best bowlers controlled difficult early hard help innings knew played several situation special
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.
ball fine shot unlucky
The shot was on without the fine leg. He was unlucky that the ball rolled on to the stumps.
wickets
The idea is to get a combination that can take 20 wickets in the match.
enjoying great time watching
I told him 'Just keep enjoying yourself, mate. I'm having a great time watching you'.
books great history knowing passed people reading route special
All of us had been reading about it in the history books over the years. So, it was very special just to have passed the same route after knowing about all those great people who have used that route.
great people played pressure pulled series team
It is a great feeling, everyone has played well. The team had been under pressure at times in the series but we had people who pulled the team out.
competition forward good looking pakistan side
It is a different competition with different rules. Pakistan is a good one-day side especially at home. We have a young side who has done well recently. We are looking forward to it.
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.
conditions confident five given last parts
In the last five years, we have scored hundreds in all parts of the world and we are pretty confident that we can play in any conditions that are given to us.
chase chasing decided easy hour launch maybe tea
It was never going to be easy chasing those runs. We decided to launch the chase at tea time, but maybe we should have done so an hour earlier.
fine great
He is a great cricketer but more importantly, he is also a fine person.
becomes hard played
I have played here before. I know that once you get to 60-70 it becomes hard to concentrate.