subject: Rahul Dravid Leads India's Response [print this page] Rahul Dravid unbeaten half century helped to regulate the Indian ship after the loss of Ishant Sharma to get lunch at 3191 on the third day of the first Test against Australia.
Dravid is not left out of 62, which has done up to 1910 borders, while Doug Bollinger had finished nightwatchman Sharma vigil for the 18
Sachin Tendulkar (21) was the drummer for other Dravid not out in the interval, taken with India still trailing Australia by 237 runs in his first night innings.Resuming in score of 2 110 in response to Australia's total 428.
Dravid and Sharma defied the attack for 16 overs before Bollinger visit the association ended after the two had added 45. pacemaker left arm in a shoulder angle and the army of Santiago after being misjudged the trajectory and see the stump of back.
Sharma installed may also have been eliminated much earlier, but Mike Hussey failed to take a Nathan Hauritz taken the ravine where the battery is 6.Rahul Dravid is probably one of the last classical Test match batsmen.
His progress into the national side may have been steady and methodical rather than meteoric, but once there, Dravid established himself at the vanguard of a new, defiant generation that were no longer easybeats away from home.
Armed with an orthodox technique drilled into him by Keki Tarapore, he became the cement that held the foundations firm while the flair players expressed themselves. Yet, for a man quickly stereotyped as one-paced and one-dimensional, he too could stroke the ball around when the mood struck him.
