Without an iota of doubt one of India's all time greats and surely the best top order bat we ever had. May be the best top order bat after the late Ken Barrington for his perfect technique and commitment. Hats off Rahul
He always has the right words to say and always honest in his comments as he is in his efforts. Its difficult to emulate Sachin because he is extra-ordinary, but Dravid can be a true role model for everyone because we have seen him become a great from just being above average, and its all through hard work and determination. Truly, Rahul Dravid can be a way of life.
OK he played well for India and gained certain pounds for his performance but what is the use. It has in no way helped India to avoid humiliation. May be it was not his fault but taking him away from the blame is not correct. People tend to forget his buttered fingers at slips when he dropped a couple of important catches of England players. His poor display on field helped England to consolidate in earlier tests. Including him in ODI team is also ridiculous. His ground fielding is horrible and he can't run fast which is very important in shorter version. His batting only suits longer versions because of his dead bat which brings more and more maiden overs from opposition. In ODI every ball should earn at least a single run. In that context Sachin is far better than Dravid. The selectors made a big mistake in including Dravid for ODI at the cost of an youngster. We do not need a long inning but we need a brisk inning. His team mates Uthapa and Manish Pande were more suited for ODI but did not get favour. BCCI will never learn a lesson from the defeats.
Re: Dravid
by sunil k on Aug 24, 2011 01:14 PM
this fellow is a "big bullshit"....know nothing abt cricket, test cricket and batsmenship....an "idiot".....gully cricket mentality.....nonsense fellow
Re: Dravid
by rahul kumar on Aug 24, 2011 10:30 AM
have U seen the footwork of Uthapa and Manish Pandey. The kind of bowling attack England has this time, I have no doubt that U send these two guys there and they will get them out in the very first over in slip cordon (if they open the batting) or they simply can not handle the pressure situation (as seen in recently concluded IPL) if bat at lower position. Right now we need somebody who is capable of bat atleast 1502- overs in any circumstances
Re: Re: Dravid
by Ramdas Nayak on Aug 24, 2011 10:40 AM
R Kumar Do you mean to say that footwork of our great batsmen helped India in anyway? What footwork Sehwag & Laxman have? Still they were considered great players. It was positive batting which helps our team. Shorter versions need positive attitude and courage. The courage and positive attitude shown by Amit Mishra who batted well in both innings in final test is a striking example. You did forget Uthapa's contribution against England to take India to victory a few years ago by his courageous batting. In 50overs match each player should try to score at least 30 runs in spite of the fact he is a batsman or bowler, for his team to get a good total.
Re: Re: Re: Dravid
by rahul kumar on Aug 24, 2011 02:24 PM
this is the problem with us. We start treating cricketers as our heroes on the basis of few matches. We criticize even Dravid who scored maximum runs in the 4 tests (because of his high standards) yet could not save the matches. While according to You Mishra is now a Batting talent. About Sehwag, every second cricker cant be him. Having said that please check the ODIs batting avg of Sehwag and Laxman. Second u want Utapha in the team so let me ask what is the current domestic avg of Utahapa for last 2 yrs. Probably u will get all the answers.
Re: Re: Re: Dravid
by rahul kumar on Aug 24, 2011 02:25 PM
this is the problem with us. We start treating cricketers as our heroes on the basis of few matches. We criticize even Dravid who scored maximum runs in the 4 tests (because of his high standards) yet could not save the matches. While according to You Mishra is now a Batting talent. About Sehwag, every second cricker cant be him. Having said that please check the ODIs batting avg of Sehwag and Laxman. Second u want Utapha in the team so let me ask what is the current domestic avg of Utahapa for last 2 yrs. Probably u will get all the answers.
OK he played well for India and gained certain pounds for his performance but what is the use. It has in no way helped India to avoid humiliation. May be it was not his fault but taking him away from the blame is not correct. People tend to forget his buttered fingers at slips when he dropped a couple of important catches of England players. His poor display on field helped England to consolidate in earlier tests. Including him in ODI team is also ridiculous. His ground fielding is horrible and he can't run fast which is very important in shorter version. His batting only suits longer versions because of his dead bat which brings more and more maiden overs from opposition. In ODI every ball should earn at least a single run. In that context Sachin is far better than Dravid. The selectors made a big mistake in including Dravid for ODI at the cost of an youngster. We do not need a long inning but we need a brisk inning. His team mates Uthapa and Manish Pande were more suited for ODI but did not get favour. BCCI will never learn a lesson from the defeats.
Re: Dravid
by sunil k on Aug 24, 2011 01:20 PM
This fellow is a "big bullshit"....know nothing abt cricket, test cricket and batsmenship....an "idiot".....gully cricket mentality.....nonsense fellow
It is so strange that even after loosing so badly we are still singing praises of an individual.It is this so called hero culture which is our bane.Instead of thoroughly examining the reasons for this life remembering thrashing we are meaninglessly glorifying an individual act which does no justice to the cause of the country or to the individual concerned.This again seems to be classic case of a cover up.
Re: Rahul Dravid unplugged
by Amrit Rajawat on Aug 24, 2011 10:21 AM
hello, This man really deserves tht praises....u say its not justice with country...so tell me leaving dravid which player did justice to country....if he wuld not b der...india wuld have been in position to play the last matches...
Re: Rahul Dravid unplugged
by Surya Prakash on Aug 24, 2011 10:23 AM
Your comments really sum up the Indian culture of lifting to the sky when they win & trashing them when they lose. Why should we not applaud one guy who stood tall among the ruins, did not lower his commitment, application, concentration. Atleast there was one guy who saved respect for otherwise a team which was steamrolled by the opposition. It is important to remember the super effort even in a losing cause. I am glad that someone took time to talk to the only hero in the Indian team on this tour.
Re: Rahul Dravid unplugged
by Jithulal K on Aug 24, 2011 11:35 AM
First you think; If without Dravid we played these test matches what is the score of India? who can add this much of runs for team in a difficult present situation? Who can face abow 10 overs(Dot or not)? "Surely Dravid is a best batsman in Indian team."
Now a days Dhoni is not doing well,we won the series in Indies by only 1-0 and so silly dicision in last test in Indies( Aggred to draw -Wicket were there and only 85 runs to score in 15 overs),now 4-0 lost in england.I think Indian selectors should go for new Caption
There is talk that IPL was the reason for indians not doing well in England. However, Dravid has shown that all other things do not matter if you have commitment and get your priorities right. He maintained his fitness and was committed enough to adapt to Test matches. Shame on BCCI for treating him so badly.
Re: Mr. Commitment
by rahul kumar on Aug 24, 2011 10:15 AM
No doubt he is one of the greatest and modest cricketer of all time yet this is not only about IPL. Its about the total package including brain draining world cup followed by hectic IPL. Dravid was spared in world cup and ODIs events before world cup. May be IPL just provided the much needed practice to Dravid and match fitness while on the same time it took toll on players like Sehwag, Gambhir, Tendulkar, Dhoni etc. In my opinion Dravid is the best example that if you are mentally refreshed and physically fit you can give your best performance irrespective of place and bowling attack. Look at Raina and Dhoni's record, it even dint seem that they will survive 5-10 overs anytime in that series. And when the team started letting down every body, Laxman, who started this series brilliantly, seemed in a fix whether to play his game or go for survival of the team. Even on this tour, Tendulkar was playing good cricket, but he also showed lapses in concentration (poked outside off stamp deliveries or lbws, may be due to WC and IPL mode as well as giving a miss to WestIndies tour) and in all resulted in debacle (which was in making for quite some time.
