Fwd: Ultimate Tribute To Rahul Dravid

[Chandrashekhar Rebbapragada]

R Chandrashekhar

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From: Jai Kumar <bri...@gmail.com>
Date: 16 October 2014 11:25:20 am IST
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: Ultimate Tribute To Rahul Dravid

A Cricket Aficionado was once asked Why is Rahul Dravid so Overrated

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This is What he had to say ....

He is Over Rated ..... 

Because he is the protector of the realm and has performed over and over again, when India NEEDED him to do well.
He is over-

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rated because he was a great batsman who could do everything

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: he hooked, pulled, cut, swept, flicked, drove, kept wickets, captained, and even opened just for the team.

He is over-rated because he is someone who not only is technically profound in his game but is equally graceful and dignified as a person. 

At times he travels in a local BMTC (Bangalore Metro Transport Corporation) bus, eats at restaurants with common people, and drops his child to his school with absolutely no fuss, like a normal civilian. 

He is a true gentleman,both on and off the field . Remember when he was called for interrogation by the Delhi Police, being the captain of Rajasthan Royals (with regard to the match fixing controversy) even the commissioner of police knew that a person of his stature could never do anything like this and mocked the media at a press conference that he wanted Dravid’s autograph that’s why he went and met him. Nothing else!

Here are a few statistics re-emphasising the fact why is he so over rated-

• When Dravid was at crease, the team scored 32,039 runs; which amounted to 35.6% of the total runs that India made in tests in which Dravid played.
• Dravid is the only batsman in the history of the game to be involved in more than 700 partnerships. In fact no other batsman has touched 650 so far.
• He holds the record of playing the most number of deliveries (31,258) in test cricket.
• Highest run getter at No. 3 in tests with 10,524 runs in 219 innings at an average of 53.
• In ODIs which wasn’t even his forte (as speculated by the critics) he holds the record of having the second best average in World Cups (61.5) marginally behind Sir Viv’s 63.3
• Rahul has scored 6 test hundreds in England, Only Sunil Gavaskar has more overseas hundreds to his name (7 in WI).
• Dravid has never been dismissed for a first ball duck in Tests. He was run out for 0 without facing a ball in 2004 at Lahore.
• Of the 11 triple century stands by Indians in tests, Dravid has been involved in 4 which are the highest. Tendulkar and Laxman have been involved in three each.
• Two Indians have affected 200 plus ODI dismissals as a fielder or a wicket keeper. Dravid is one with 210, only MSD has more.
  
  

He is over-rated because the legends say so. You wish to have a sneak peek. There you go my boy !

• “If you can’t get along with Dravid, you’re struggling in life” -Brett Lee
• “The wolf who lived for the pack” – Harsha Bhogle
• “If I have to put anyone to bat for my life, it’ll be Kallis or Dravid”.-Brian Lara
• “All this going around is not aggression. If you want to see aggression on cricket field, look into Rahul Dravid’s eyes”- Matthew Hayden
• “Rahul Dravid is a player who would walk on broken glass if his team asks him to” -Navjot Singh Sidhu
• “Dravid could play attacking cricket like me but I could never play like him”- Chris Gayle
• “Try to take his wicket in the first 15 minutes, if you can’t then only try to take the remaining wickets.”- Steve Waugh
• “I cannot recall beating him more than one ball in a row” – Jason Gillespie
• “He’s probably the nicest guy. No, he is the nicest guy that I have met in cricket. He’s a phenomenal man” – Shane Watson
• “Ask him to walk on water today and he will say, Okay! How many kilometres? Ask him to jump from a cliff in the form he’s in and he’ll say, here’s your parachute I don’t need it.”- Harsha Bhogle when Rahul Dravid hit 3 sixes in a row in his only T20 International against England
  
  

He is over rated because he is an epitome of selflessness, humility, empathy, grit and perseverance. His old-school “guts-before-glory” approach in an age increasingly defined by flashy Stroke play and low attention spans is the reason behind his immense success.

And when a personality like Harsha Bhogle (one of the world's finest cricket analyst) says this "When I am done with my profession, I wish I could go with the reputation that Rahul Dravid earned", it pretty much sums up what a class act this man is.

Make a note of this -

“Sachin is God; Sourav is next to God on the off side
Laxman is the God of fourth innings.
But when the doors of a temple are closed,
Even the God is behind the “THE WALL".

And THAT, I Believe Sums it all Up ...

 Jai Kumar  

[LOGANATHAN S]

Full reading must have made the die hard fans' eyes moist. Mine is.

S. LOGANATHAN


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On Fri, 17/10/14, Chandrashekhar Rebbapragada <rchandras...@gmail.com> wrote:

Subject: The Chana Club: Fwd: Ultimate Tribute To Rahul Dravid
To: "Rebbapragadas" <rebbap...@googlegroups.com>, chandufor...@googlegroups.com, "thecha...@googlegroups.com" <thecha...@googlegroups.com>, samosa-res...@googlegroups.com
Date: Friday, 17 October, 2014, 9:51 AM

rated-When Dravid was at crease, the

team scored 32,039 runs; which amounted to 35.6% of the
total runs that India made in tests in which Dravid
played.Dravid
is the only batsman in the history of the game to be
involved in more than 700 partnerships. In fact no other

batsman has touched 650 so far.He holds the record of playing

the most number of deliveries (31,258) in test
cricket.Highest
run getter at No. 3 in tests with 10,524 runs in 219 innings

at an average of 53.In ODIs which wasn’t even his forte (as

speculated by the critics) he holds the record of having the
second best average in World Cups (61.5) marginally behind

Sir Viv’s 63.3Rahul has scored 6 test hundreds in England,

Only Sunil Gavaskar has more overseas hundreds to his name
(7 in WI).Dravid
has never been dismissed for a first ball duck in Tests. He
was run out for 0 without facing a ball in 2004 at

Lahore.Of the

11 triple century stands by Indians in tests, Dravid has
been involved in 4 which are the highest. Tendulkar and

Laxman have been involved in three each.Two Indians have affected 200

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