rahul dravid 2002
Posted by in Jan, 2021
In 2002, India drew a series in England, mastering the challenging situations at Leeds and pulling off a win. Dravid, who had been knocking at the doors of Indian national cricket team for quite a while with his consistent performance in domestic cricket, received his first national call in October 1994, for the last two matches of the Wills World Series. The lynchpin of India’s Test match side through the 2000s, he combined technical virtuosity with a legendary work ethic and near-yogic powers of concentration, and epitomised an old-school guts-before-glory approach in an age increasingly defined by flashy strokeplay and low attention spans. Today the great Rahul Dravid celebrates his 48th birthday. //-->, ------------------------------------------------------------, --------------------------------------------------------------------------------. On the occasion of his big day, his former teammates poured in birthday wishes for him on Twitter. - Dravid has scored five double hundreds – 200 not out against Zimbabwe at Delhi in November 2000, 217 against England at The Oval in September 2002, 222 against New Zealand at … From Headingly- 2002, Adelaide-2003, Kingston-2006 to Perth in 2008 (We aren’t even going to Rawalpindi, Napier, Kolkata), Rahul Dravid had a … } The India national cricket team toured England from 22 June to 9 September 2002.