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
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We know we have to play well. We have to play one day of good cricket out of the remaining two to win the series. We are confident of doing it. We have shown in the last two games we can play well in all departments.
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We know we have to play one good day to win the series and we have plans to meet the challenges of either chasing or setting the targets for the opposition.
cracks good looks otherwise
There are some cracks on it but otherwise it looks a good track.
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 both order top
Our batting in both innings, the top order especially, let us down.
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The boys responded well to challenges and the various roles they were asked to perform in the team. They also adjusted to the changes in the batting order.
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It will be a high scoring match and team batting first should post a total in excess of 250 runs.
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They (Pakistan) have a very good batting line-up. But our bowlers bowled very well and we took some very good catches. It was a determined team effort that fetched us this victory.
batting boys good key performance
I thought it was a very professional performance from our boys. The key was the bowling. They bowled really well on a good batting track.
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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.
bat bit good might similar tests track
The track was a good wicket to bat on and was a bit slow. It was a similar kind of wicket we might get in Tests as well,
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'.
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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.