coffee_rules Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 ATG Dravid has one more test series. If he doesn't come good, he is history. As long as BCCI is ruled by Pawar, ATG Sachin will be play as long he wishes to. Link to comment
SachDan Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 ATG Dravid has one more test series. If he doesn't come good' date=' he is history. As long as BCCI is ruled by Pawar, [b']ATG Sachin will be play as long he wishes to. as his performance will win many more matches for team India :two_thumbs_up: Link to comment
SachDan Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Don't think Dravid's gonna last for the entire Aus series looking at the way he performed with the bat in this Irani Trophy match. Link to comment
rahulrulezz Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Watching Dravid batting now a days is pain in the ass.. so freakking defense..in Irani trophy he freaking played 220 balls to make those 60 something runs.. thats boreness to extreeme... all it needs is one good delievery in those 100 painfull balls he faces to get him under 20 runs.. Link to comment
PaiN_KiLLeR Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 And if he hadn't played those painful freaking innings with his freaking defense, his team would have been on the verge of a freaking defeat by now. Link to comment
vadodaravictor Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Future breaking news on AAJ Tak "Wall ne chatai Australia ko dhool ... tadap rahay thay ponting ... chood dunga cricket bola Haydden" Classic..simply classic:hysterical::hysterical: Link to comment
Dark Warrior Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 "Beta, score some runs, or you're history"... :haha::haha::haha::haha: Link to comment
Dark Warrior Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Classic..simply classic:hysterical::hysterical: hilarious! :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: Link to comment
matma Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 You kidding me right about Dravid in the Irani Trophy? 5 plus hours for 69 showed the class of Dravid. The concentration is amazing. While everyone else was scratching around on a sloooooooow wicket, Dravid stood tall. That is test cricket calibre. Not many players in the world can do that. I would take 5 plus hours for 69, that 69 off 30 balls anyday in a test like environment. Cos 30 balls later you are gone, and who's going to bat the day out? They don't call Dravid the Wall for nothing. I am hoping Rahul can kick on against the Aussies. There's nothing better than watching Dravid frustrate the Aussie attack by leaving everything outside off-stump, and only playing balls that are to his strength. Link to comment
Online Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 ^^ mashallah! Inshallah! Link to comment
riya Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 I really want him not only just to ''stand '' as a wall ,but to score some runs not like 10 from 1000 balls . Lol @ Predator:cantstop: Link to comment
amit467 Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Dravid will be at his best in this series so as sachin. Link to comment
matma Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 ^^ mashallah! Inshallah! Apologies for lack of ignorance, but what does that mean? Even Shane Warne said it himself, you need someone there who can occupy the crease. Someone in the mould of Atherton, Richardson etc. As long as you have someone pushing the runs at the other end, then I think Dravid's role is to occupy. I guess its about understanding roles. You dont pick a Sehwag in the test team to occupy- he is primarily there to demolish and demoralise a bowling attack. Couple that with Dravid, leaving everything outside off at the other end, and that can further demoralise an attack. Watching the last Border/Gavaskar series, and Ponting has admitted it himself, their strategy against the Indians was to contain. Not the best strategy, when you have Dravid playing the role of containment with his batting. What happens when you leave EVERY ball outside off? It forces the bowler to bowl a wee bit straighter. Its hard to consistantly bowl on offstump, you eventually stray on middle-off or middle-leg, and someone like Dravid who is strong off his pads, is easy runs. Contrast this with Sehwag who loves the ball outside off...what do you do after your frontline attack has been smashed for 30-40 runs by a batsmen in quick time. You either bowl straighter, or you start bowling a bit shorter. Short balls, rarely bring about wickets. Being a Kiwi, it amazes me how a lot of folks are quick to dismiss Dravid. Each to their own opinion. Call me old fashioned though, I love a test batsmen who can occupy. Play to your strengths, and you will score. Link to comment
Online Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Apologies for lack of ignorance, but what does that mean? :--D:hatsoff: btw: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masha%27Allah Joy at the thought that the Wall will rock in this series Inshallah = hopefully, hope the thought comes true :) Link to comment
graphic23 Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 An inform and successful Dravid automatically leads to a much stronger Indian team. Hopefully, he'll get his touch back in this series. Link to comment
Feed Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Why I still bat for Dravid : Ayaz Memon Dravid’s uncompromising approach to spending as much time as possible in the middle would have told the Aussies that he may well be the man to watch out for in the Test series. More... Why I still bat for Dravid Ayaz Memon Monday, September 29, 2008 00:30 IST The most important performance in the Irani Trophy for me came from Rahul Dravid. True, he did not score as many runs as did Gautam Gambhir and M S Dhoni, but Dravid’s resolute sense of purpose suggested a man who is hell bent on proving a thing or two — more to himself than his detractors. His dogged determination in coming to terms with himself will not have been lost on the Australian players who may have been practicing in Jaipur, but will have had one eye on what the India prospects were doing in Baroda. Dravid’s uncompromising approach to spending as much time as possible in the middle would have told the Aussies that he may well be the man to watch out for in the Test series. On a slow, low track on which bowlers had the better of batsmen on all days, Gambhir and Dhoni proved the value of good current form. But where all the other batsmen flopped, Dravid took the battle to himself first, as it were, and then to the opponents. He had some luck in the first innings, but his second innings half century was finely crafted and kept Delhi’s bowlers at bay long enough for Dhoni to come along and take the game completely away from them with blistering strokeplay. The more significant aspect of Dravid’s performance I believe, however, was his splendid catching at slip. The diving effort to get rid off the dangerous Viru Sehwag was breathtaking in its execution, and match-winning in its impact. Quick-silver reflexes, terrific anticipation coupled with great ball sense showed that Dravid’s cricketing instinct was hardly blunted, and that he was not mentally burnt-out. How a player’s fielding can reveal his state of mind was brought home vividly last season when Adam Gilchrist explained what made him take the decision to retire. “It was somewhere between the ball hitting my gloves and the ball hitting the ground in the Laxman-Brett Lee edge (in a Test),” he said. “…It made me realise in the ensuing 10 or 15 minutes that that’s it. I’m not moving quite as well as I have, not just on the field but in training and my fitness. I just realised I didn’t have the absolute desperation that you need to continue to maintain your standards.” Dravid’s fielding performance has been quite the opposite. He is already Test cricket’s second highest catcher (176 in 125 games), but importantly, has taken a whopping 16 catches this year in just 15 innings, which would not be possible for somebody who has lost his edge. Indeed, right through the year he has caught so brilliantly that his struggle with the bat must seem a surprise. But in his fitness and his superb catching also lies the hope that his batting woes will pass. For the all-important series against Australia, Dravid has made all the right preparatory moves. His body language also looks strong. Of course, to banish his critics to faraway lands he now needs to make those runs. Link to comment
Parth Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Dravid will score runs this series trsut me Link to comment
putrevus Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 I agree Dravid will score runs , he is one guy in fab four who has truly lost his form, once he gets his form back he will score runs. Link to comment
satishg Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Although he doesn look like the Dravid of old he is still a class apart and i am expecting him to take us through this series..go RD :icflove::two_thumbs_up: Link to comment
rahulrulezz Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 out of all the Oldies or what ppl call Fant 4, Dravid needs to dropped out first.. Link to comment
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