Being Rahul Dravid

By Radhakrishnan Sreenivasan for DNA Being Rahul Dravid is possibly one of the tougher vocations in modern day sport. For starters, he has to prove to himself he has the mind and more importantly the body to score runs at the highest level; then convince the world he is not far away from the Dravid they are used to seeing. I remember Sachin Tendulkar telling me once, when he started his career, it was the mind that he was more worried about...

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Rahul Dravid: Patience Personified

Vineeth S @ SportsKeeda The Wall: Still going strong If one has grown up watching cricket in the 90’s and 2000’s, then the Indian middle order quartet will have been missed when Sourav Ganguly retired in 2008. Three years on, the remaining three soldiers are still going strong, with dogged match winning performances. At 38 years of age, Rahul Dravid has now completed 15 years of international cricket. He is currently the oldest active cricketer...

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Rahul Dravid: A champion match winner

Dibyasundar Nayak @ SportsKeeda Another match India won after a classy innings by Rahul Dravid. A champion match winner whose batting career is full with instances of trials and tribulations, Rahul Dravid has carved his own name even if he had to bat in the same era which saw genius Sachin Tendulkar. Some even rate Rahul above Sachin when it comes to match winning capabilities. We won’t go into those comparison stuff. After 15 years of constant...

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Dravid provides a fascinating glimpse into his batting methods

S. Dinakar for The Hindu Raina, particularly in the second innings, handled the short-ball well Rahul Dravid lives in the ‘present moment' at the crease but has this precious ability to look deep into a contest. This insightful batsman breaks the innings into compartments, wear downs the attack in the most demanding of conditions. Dravid can visualise an innings mentally, move into what professional sportsmen call the ‘zone.' During his outstanding innings of 112 at Sabina Park, the steely batsman provided us a fascinating glimpse into his methods. On a surface of variable bounce, he played with the full face of the willow when the ball...

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Never underestimate great sportsmen

Peter Roebuck for Hindu Rahul Dravid has struck a mighty blow for the old-timers. His hundred in the Caribbean served two purposes, putting his team in a powerful position and reminding all and sundry that batsmen are better judged from their performances than from their birth certificates. Apparently his place had been in jeopardy. All sorts of gilded youngsters had emerged in the recent T20 campaign. One or two of them had even passed 50 a couple of times. In some eyes the veteran had become surplus to requirements. Never mind that T20 is a trifling matter besides Test cricket. Dravid responded by constructing a resourceful and decisive...

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But for Rahul Dravid, India could've been humiliated

Pradeep Magazine for HT It is an age-old predicament every sportsman confronts in the twilight of his career. When does he choose the moment to give up his most cherished possession, something he has lived for and enjoyed doing the most? The greater the excellence achieved, the harder it is to give it up, to wake up one day and convince oneself that "Enough, my mind and body need rest". You have to be a super achiever, a perfectionist to be given time and space to make your own judgment on when you feel your body and mind...

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In Praise of Rahul Dravid

Written by: Will Davies Original Article Link Here Rahul Dravid once again proved his worth for Indian cricket this week, scoring a remarkable 32nd Test century for his country as many of his teammates floundered in the first of a three-match series in the Caribbean. India beat the West Indies by 63 runs at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica. It was a relatively comfortable victory courtesy of Dravid’s second-innings score of 112. India’s next top scorer in that innings was No.10 Amit Mishra, hardly in the team for his batting, who notched up 28 runs as the team stuttered to a total of 252. Dravid celebrated his century the...

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Dravid: Give youngsters time

Original News Link Veteran Rahul Dravid has come out in support of the young India batsmen who failed to live up the hype in India's 63-run win in the first Test against the West Indies. Rahul Dravid's 112 in the second innings proved to be the platform for India's win but the youngsters, drafted in place of Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh, failed to make their mark. Dravid, however, said the youngsters need to be backed and given time to prove themselves. India's middle order has been well served by Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman, but vacancies are going to open up sooner than...

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Rahul Dravid moves to top-20 Test Rankings

However, star batsman Rahul Dravid jumped nine places to return to the top 20 after his man-of-the-match performance in the first Test against West Indies at Kingston, Jamaica. Dravid earned 45 rating points after scoring a match-saving innings of 112 in India's second innings. Full Article&nb...

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One and One Eleven: Defeating the Loss

In Test cricket, we attribute a loss to 10 batsmen getting out twice, or getting out once at least in the 2nd innings of the game, while a win depends on a certain factors. So in simple terms, except the rare cases, a team can avoid defeat if the 10 pins don't fall (especially while fielding first – includes follow on). We have 11 batsmen in each team, so if we attribute equal percentage (figuratively as even the tail-enders have sometimes saved games), we come to a conclusion that each batsman holds 9% share in between losing and saving. In 2001, Kolkata Test, an old saying turned true, which says 'ek aur ek gyarah', meaning one and one...

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♥ Dravid's Childhood Picture Collection ♥

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