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Friday, December 31, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
'There are no easy catches in the slips'"The first man to take 200 catches in Test cricket, Rahul Dravid speaks about what it takes to stand in the cordon"_________________________________Shortly before India left on their tour of South Africa, Rahul Dravid spoke to Nagraj Gollapudi on the art, and heart, of slip catching How deeply were you interested in slip fielding to begin with? I have never considered myself a natural slip fielder, but I...
Monday, December 27, 2010
Rahul Dravid registers record 200th Test catch Durban: Indian middle-order batsman Rahul Dravid achieved a rare milestone in his career when he took his 200th catch in Test matches to stay on top of the list in the five-day format of the game.An accomplished slip fielder, Dravid achieved the feat when he brilliantly caught Dale Steyn off Harbhajan Singh, diving in a flash to his left, during South Africa`s first innings in the ongoing second...
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Dravid The True Gentleman
@bhogleharsha: mi-day reports that long after everyone had left the stadium rahul waited for sachin to finish his commitments and went back with him...
Its no wonder, what else we can expect from Rahul Dravid...
A very bad news : Rahul Dravid not in probable 30s for WC 2011
All the hopes of seeing Rahul Dravid playing for his team in WC 2011 have been shattered as selectors have excluded him from probable 30 players list.It does not come as a shocker though.He was not in the ODI frame for almost 2 years. And given the performance of the youngsters like Raina and Kohli, the selectors never felt the need of bringing The Wall back to the ODI squad. Above all, the fact that the WC will be played in the subcontinent remains the prime reason behind dropping Dravid and handing an opportuinity to the youngsters. Anyways, let's wish all the very best for Team India and hope that they do not dissapoint the home crowd.~~~~World...
Dravid reaches 12,000 test runs
Dravid reaches 12,000 test runs
CENTURION, South Africa (Reuters) - India's Rahul Dravid became only the third batsman to score 12,000 test ru...
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Next 14 months - Time to Cash In for Dravid!
Guys, here is Team India's Test Cricket Calendar over the next 14 months...
IND vs NZ - 3 Test Matches in IND (Nov '10)
IND vs SA - 3 Test Matches in SA (Dec '10 - Jan '11)
IND vs WI - 4 Test Matches in WI (Apr-May '11)
IND vs ENG - 4 Test Matches in ENG (Jul-Sep '11)
IND vs WI - 3 Test Matches in IND (Oct-Nov '11)
IND vs AUS - 4 Test Matches in AUS (Nov '11 - Jan '12)
So... 21 Tests (including the ongoing Ahmedabad Test)... 15 outta those games...
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Virender Sehwag defends cautious Rahul Dravid
Virender Sehwag was quick to defend Rahul Dravid's slow approach to his innings yesterday. Dravid went on to register his 30th Test century, but that was after consuming 100 deliveries for his initial 17 runs.Dravid and Sehwag added a second-wicket stand of 237 runs as India amassed 329-3 at stumps. "He (Dravid) played his game and I played mine. We complement each other well.He is such an experienced individual, and knows his own game better than...
Friday, November 5, 2010
Dravid and his legacy
To be fair, one has always been a Dravid fan. One has always realised that he was once upon a time the best batter in the country. But one always said that Dravid was getting old. And even before this innings one has had his/her own doubts. Did Rahul Dravid meritte his place in the side but one read this article which was only a few years old and one realised how forgotten a guy can be. In 2007 a guy wrote about him! A guy who a lot of us respected. Whom I respect!Mukul Kesavan in his book 'Men in White', writes this.Extravgantly Sound: Rahul Dravid I look forward to some bilious critic attacking Rahul Dravid. It'll make for a change....
Thursday, November 4, 2010
The phases of Rahul Dravid
RAHUL DRAVID is a Fighter who doesnt give up!For a period of about 2 years from December 2006 to November 2008, one of the greatest batsmen of the modern era had statistics that read thus:Matches - 25, Innings - 47, Runs - 1317, Average - 30.63 with two centuries and seven fifties.It was not the most pleasant time to be walking in the shoes of Rahul Dravid. A man who - up until mid-December 2006 - had a majestic career average of 58.75, had...
I 'Like' whatever has been posted on this Wall
From the days she managed to shower the enigmatic Avatar with 108 distinct names, India has patented an ingenious manner to bestow monikers. Sobriquets and epithets that somehow emerge in public consciousness, grow in popularity and then uniquely identify the more famous children of the nation – specifically that characteristic of the hero that captures the mass. Most often, these nicknames have uncertain origin but overwhelming consensus,...
Determined Dravid overcomes the pressure
Rahul Dravid's 104 may not have been his most attractive, but was very significant © Associated Press Teams: India These are not easy times to be Rahul Dravid. In his previous innings, on home soil in Bangalore, he walked out to replace the man who many see as his eventual successor. Cheteshwar Pujara had batted with tremendous poise and fluency for 72 and...
A second wind for Dravid?
Has Dravid been too caught up in the mechanics of survival to flourish? © Associated Press Watching his innings of two halves in Ahmedabad prompted the question: is Dravid too aware of his own mortality? Harsha Bhogle By playing with a bat Michael Hussey called "three metres wide", and doing so in his 38th year, Sachin Tendulkar doesn't only continue to give people...
Me and Dravid did not discuss batting styles: Sehwag
Ahmedabad: Flamboyant opener Virender Sehwag on Thursday said he and Rahul Dravid did not discuss even once their different batting styles even as they struck contrasting centuries on the opening day of the first cricket Test against New Zealand here.While Sehwag was his usual aggressive self, scoring a quick hundred, Dravid took time to get into groove and gradually improved his strike rate.Sehwag’s...
Dravid surpassed Sir Don Bradman For Centuries
Dravid just surpassed the greatest cricketer's tally of 29 100s.
Congrats for well built innings..!
Well played Viru, as well..!
COMMENTARY ON THAT BALL :
Patel to Dravid, 2 runs, and he gets to the hundred with the cut! Nicely helped away past cover, and limps back for two. Looks up to the heavens, then acknowledges the reception from the dressing room. Second hundred since Ahmedabad last year, and his 30th overall. Goes past Bradman,...
Sehwag and Dravid torment New Zealand
India 329 for 3 (Sehwag 173, Dravid 104) v New Zealand
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
It was business as usual for Virender Sehwag © AFP
New Zealand were given an early glimpse of the difficult task ahead of them in India as the home team moved into a commanding position on the first day in Ahmedabad. Virender Sehwag sprinted to a century in just over a session while Rahul Dravid compiled an old-school...
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Dravid walks the extra mile
He stopped his cover drive with a frown, as two saree clad groundswomen approached the stroke's vicinity, dragging along with them a squeaky roller. The women stopped just short of him, pulling the burden back from where it came. Watching them recede, he moved back and across, and with eyes focused over his clasped wrists, he executed the text book defence. As he held the pose with grace, the electronic lawnmower swallowed stubborn tufts of grass with a chugging din inside the square, while loud painters splashed their drenched brushes on the smoothened side of the carpet-like lawn. As the sun sunk below the smoggy Ahmedabad horizon,...
Dravid's Form Check
RD's average has gone down by 5 since 2007..!!Not only have Dravid and Ponting struggled when compared to the best in the world, they've also failed to keep pace with the best in their own teams. There used to be a time when Ponting was unquestionably the best batsman in Australia, but now that mantle has been taken over by Michael Clarke, while Simon Katich too has scored far more consistently than Ponting. It's not as if runs have completely eluded Ponting - among his six hundreds was a memorable 123 against India in Bangalore, his first century in the country, 101 and 99 in the Boxing Day Test against South Africa in 2008, and 150...
