Rahul Dravid a better match winner in the test cricket ?
Rahul Dravid's contribution to the Indian Cricket is tremendous and arguably he is one of the best batsmen India has ever produced.
He is back to the World of Cricket with a bang like never seen before.
Hat rick in terms of hundreds is on the cards against Srilanka in the ongoing series.
If we look at the statistics of Rahul Dravid, his contribution are almost at par with Sachin Tendulkar, just 1 short in terms of match-winning knocks.
Rahul's 144 ends up as a match-winning knock in Kanpur, he is one short of Sachin's 17 match-winners since 1996
Former skipper and star cricketer of Pakistan Imran Khan always rated Rahul Dravid much higher than the other Indian batsmen.
The difference between Pakistan and India in test cricket is Rahul Dravid as opined by Wasim Akram.
Rahul Dravid's match-winning contributions (more than 75 runs in an innings) ever since his Test debut against England at Lord's in 1996.
1. 86 v Australia at Kolkata in March, 1998
2. 200 not out v Zimbabwe at Delhi in November, 2000
3. 180 v Australia at Kolkata in March, 2001
4. 81 v Australia at Chennai in March, 2001
5. 86 v England at Mohali in December, 2001
6. 148 v England at Leeds in August, 2002
7. 100 not out v West Indies at Mumbai in October, 2002
8. 233 v Australia at Adelaide in December, 2003
9. 270 v Pakistan at Rawalpindi in April, 2004
10. 80 v South Africa at Kolkata in November, 2004
11. 160 v Bangladesh at Chittagong in December, 2004
12. 110 & 135 v Pakistan at Kolkata in March, 2005
13. 95 v England at Mohali in March, 2006
14. 129 v Bangladesh at Dhaka in May, 2007
15. 93 v Australia at Perth in January, 2008
Note
The list of match-winning knocks from Rahul Dravid when Tendulkar was out due to injury:
1. 75 v Lanka at Kandy in August, 2001
2. 77 v Zim at Bulawayo in Sept, 2005
3. 98 v Zim at Harare in September, 2005
4. 81 v WI at Kingston in June, 2006.
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P.S. Rahul's contribution in the Test at Kingston helped India win their first series in the West Indies since Ajit Wadekar's men won there in 1971
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