No 30: The Wall lets his bat do the talking
Just after the Australian series ended, there were several articles pointed towards Rahul Dravid suggesting him, in other words, to hang up his boots.
The man, preferred to keep quiet, didn't give any sound bytes, neither wrote anywhere in response. He just left his bat do the talking.
104 compiled from 227 deliveries would seem to be at snail's pace compared to the hurricane of a knock that Virendra Sehwag was playing at the other end. Sehwag was punishing every loose delivery in his stay of 199 balls whereby he plundered 173 runs. When runs were flowing like a river in the mountains from the other end, Dravid needed to be was sedate in his innings to keep the partnership going. He was knocking the ball well, with the middle of the bat in the previous series, but somehow the runs were not following him.
Just after the Australian series ended, there were several articles pointed towards Rahul Dravid suggesting him, in other words, to hang up his boots.
The man, preferred to keep quiet, didn't give any sound bytes, neither wrote anywhere in response. He just left his bat do the talking.
104 compiled from 227 deliveries would seem to be at snail's pace compared to the hurricane of a knock that Virendra Sehwag was playing at the other end. Sehwag was punishing every loose delivery in his stay of 199 balls whereby he plundered 173 runs. When runs were flowing like a river in the mountains from the other end, Dravid needed to be was sedate in his innings to keep the partnership going. He was knocking the ball well, with the middle of the bat in the previous series, but somehow the runs were not following him.
The spate of low scores bothered him, as it would have bothered any other batsmen. At Motera, on a perfectly laid pitch, where getting out cheaply would perhaps be considered a murderous crime, Dravid never wanted to miss the opportunity. He started with more dozes of caution this time, painstakingly slow. His first 17 runs took 100 balls, but when he was set, the runs started flowing, the feet started moving, the willow started talking. He took only 64 deliveries for his second fifty; his first had come off 151.
The century was number 30 for The Wall, surpassing Sir Donald Bradman's record of 29 centuries and put him 7th in the list of highest number of century makers in Test cricket, a list headed by Sachin Tendulkar with 49 centuries, waiting to step on to his 50th as he remained unbeaten at the end of the first day at 13. For the records, Sehwag scored his 14th score of 150+ in Test cricket as India finished on 329/3.
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