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
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.
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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.
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It was a great professional performance from our team. We had four run outs in Pakistan innings that was fantastic. The boys were confident after our bowlers did well and restricted Pakistan to 265 on a good batting wicket.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.