Rahul Dravid retires from International cricket

[veer]

i salute you Dravid.. !! you're a true gentleman, cricketer, team man !!

[coffee_rules]

Q3MAgkHHIaY Pretty eloquent unlike the Bradman speech. No reading this.

[Ram]

I know there is a section of people that think BCCI is an evil empire in the making and is the root cause of floods and diseases in the world, but you have to hand it to them for the way they have treated retiring Indian cricket greats, especially in the recent past. Starting from Ganguly onwards to Kumble and now Dravid, all of them left on their own terms, with their head held high. Of course, some may say that these ‘felicitation’ functions are nothing but PR exercises, but at least we do not let our cricketing greats suffer the same amount of ignominy and embarrassment like some of the other boards of the world (case in point – Chris Gayle) P.S; I do want to add one caveat here though. The way Dravid’s selection in the ODI side was handled in the last year, when he was picked for one series and dropped for the next which forced him to announce a formal retirement from ODIs could have been avoided.

[Cricketics]

 

The Legend, The Wall, The Master of Test Cricket retired today 9 years ago. 

 

I am glad many of the current youngsters got to play under his management. He is still serving Indian Cricket with the 2nd fiddle role as he did through out his career as a player. 

 

Hats off. 

[ShoonyaSifar]

2 hours ago, Cricketics said:

 

The Legend, The Wall, The Master of Test Cricket retired today 9 years ago. 

 

I am glad many of the current youngsters got to play under his management. He is still serving Indian Cricket with the 2nd fiddle role as he did through out his career as a player. 

 

Hats off. 

Who would have thought how critical Dravid was going to be to the country's youngsters and their future. Seamless transition from being a player to shaping so many young careers.

 

He was a bit soporific in his short commentary stint but had truly amazing technical insights. Would excel as a pundit once he is done with coaching.

 

 

[Vk1]

12 minutes ago, Cricspin said:

Another important feature that is not looked up as much is partnerships. Dravid was involved in  lot of partnerships that helped India win or draw test matches.

 

India Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com

 

On that list of 200+ partnerships for India -

Dravid - 13 times

Sachin - 12 times

Virat - 7 times

Sehwag - 7 times

Laxman - 6 times

Ganguly - 5 times

M Vijay - 5 times

Pujara  - 3 times

Rahane - 3 times

Dhoni - 3 times

Rohit - 3 times

Pujara just 3 times 

[diga]

5 hours ago, Cricspin said:

Another important feature that is not looked up as much is partnerships. Dravid was involved in  lot of partnerships that helped India win or draw test matches.

 

India Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com

 

On that list of 200+ partnerships for India -

Dravid - 13 times

Sachin - 12 times

Virat - 7 times

Sehwag - 7 times

Laxman - 6 times

Ganguly - 5 times

M Vijay - 5 times

Pujara  - 3 times

Rahane - 3 times

Dhoni - 3 times

Rohit - 3 times

 

And Dravid had two 300+ partnership in ODI's ... thats incredible adaptability for a man who was known more for dourness in his batting

[Laaloo]

5 hours ago, Cricspin said:

 

Yes, some people would be surprised that he is not actually involved in building many big partnerships.

Well for that you actually have to score runs......

[Vijy]

4 hours ago, diga said:

 

And Dravid had two 300+ partnership in ODI's ... thats incredible adaptability for a man who was known more for dourness in his batting

for several years, he was the best keeper-batsman in the world in my book. better than gilly in terms of consistency (although not impact). in fact, it's not an exaggeration to say dravid the keeper-batsman changed our understanding of what level of batting to expect from a ind keeper in ODIs (we had likes of MSK, mongia, etc. with avgs of 15-25). and of course he was then followed by dhoni from 2004 onward.

Edited March 10, 2021 by Vijy

[nevada]

9 hours ago, Cricspin said:

 

I think he is a good speaker. he probably wants to avoid the commentary box at this point.

There is no upside to doing cricket commentary. After a while, the novelty factor wears off, the ex cricketer gets bored, supply of anecdotes runs out, and listeners start bashing him. The olden days' format of having famous ex cricketers as "expert guest commentator" for only a brief period or, in today's world, just limiting to studio talk pre-post-mid game would be best.

Edited March 10, 2021 by nevada

[GautiMaan]

10 hours ago, Vk1 said:

Pujara just 3 times 

For Pujara to be involved in a 200 run partnership the other batsman must score 150 runs which is not always possible