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Indian cricket vice captain Rahul Dravid has been one of key figure for the
success
of the current team, as the nick name sounds he stands as "The Wall" for the
opponents to make in roads into the team.
It is great to see him make his own mark in the team which fortunately has the
world's best player playing on ,Sachin Tendulkar.
He is the only guy in the team who can bat on any slot, accepts responsibility
of that
particular position to smooth the captain. Apart from this he does wicket
keeping to
lend more balance to the team, because of his keeping India could offered one
additional batsman in the team & this idea worked wonders . Young
players like Yuvraj Singh, Mohammed Kaif, & experienced VVS Laman all found that
extra slot to settle in the team.
He is the only player in the world to have 2 triple hundred partnerships in one
day
version, [One with his current captain Ganguly & the 2nd is with Master Blaster
Sachin Tendulkar] also made 5 double hundreds in test cricket.
Made 4 consecutive centuries in Test matches [Indian record] with a career high
of
271 against Pakistan in Pakistan.
What makes Dravid's legacy more interesting is that he has been criticised as a
player not capable of playing one day version of the game, but his bat and form
of
last 5 years ate all the words. He is now in the top 10 century makers in the
one day
version of cricket, I personally expect him to break the Sunil Gavaskar's record
of 34
centuries in test cricket [Which may be overtaken by the little genius Sachin
Tendulkar very soon].
It was great to see "The wall" poured with lot of awards specially in 2004,
voted MTV
icon of the year 2003, got the padmashree award form the president for the
exception
performance in sports, voted the best batsman of test cricket for the year 2003.
The main thing of all is the man's character, always remains calm, Leeds a great
marriage life as an example, understands the situation & accepts criticism, very
helping tendency in nature [visits a lot of child care institutions ,old age
institutions &
orphanages in and around India.
A man not so gifted like Sachin or for the fact Sourav but a highly dedicated ,
committed & hard working person, and as the proverb says fortune favours brave,
he
has been very successful of late.
Finally India has found a golden generation of cricketers with "The wall "
standing tall
among them, with Asia cup nearing I pray he get the same success he got in the
past 5 years.
Saluting the genius, the wall of character Rahul Dravid.
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