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 best clicked guess played playing
We played the best batting combination and it clicked in the first two Tests. But I guess we now have to think about playing the best batsmen in best positions.
cricket focus good playing special trying
While it is always special to play your 100th game, the focus really is on playing good cricket and trying to win.
bat confident cricket games good plans playing prefer specific won
We are playing good cricket and have won 11 games when we have chased. We are confident of doing both. We have specific plans when we bat first or chase. I do not think we prefer doing one over another.
cricket good playing ran team
We're playing some good cricket and everyone in the team is contributing. We ran away with this one.
amount closely coming cricket decision keeping mind playing progress series
He has not bowled as yet. We are monitoring his progress closely and we will take a decision (on playing him) keeping in mind this series and the amount of cricket coming up.
advantage exist home huge india plan playing teams tours
The huge advantage India used to have playing at home probably does not exist anymore. Most teams plan their tours well these days.
behind catching game lose method nice playing
It was not a nice way to lose a match. We were always behind the D/L Method after Malik and Butt's partnership and we were playing the catching (up) game after that.
boys good
It has been a good two weeks. The boys responded very well.
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.
cricket good happened past positive test
Irrespective of what happened in the past (the just-concluded Test series), we will play positive and good cricket.
bat decision run runs short
We were 30 runs short on that wicket. I still think it was the right decision to bat first, we just didn't bat well enough, and the run outs didn't help.
easier final gets nice
When you're in it gets easier to bat, so it was nice to get two new batsmen at the crease for the final day.
boys early ourselves poor shots
We had let ourselves down with some poor shots early on. The young boys showed us how to play.
cricket great last lived quality series tests wickets
We had great cricket in two last two series because of the quality of pitches. Unfortunately, the wickets in the first two Tests here have not lived up to the expectations of an India-Pakistan contest.