Rahul dravid - a true inspiration

Dravid was at the other end when Laxman scored 280 runs (376 run partnership),

He was at the other end when Sehwag scored 300+ against Pak (410 run partnership),

He was at other end when Sehwag scored 319 against SA (268 run partnership),

He was at other end when Sehwag scored 293 against Sri (237 run partnership) in fact India top four, Five individual top score come when Dravid was at the other end.

He scored 95 at Lord's on his debut in 1996. In the same match debutante Ganguly scored 131 and was eclipsed by Ganguly's innings. He scored 145 in 1999 World Cup in England. In the same match Ganguly scored 183. Attention was on Ganguly.

He was the top run-getter in 1999 World Cup. But unfortunately India couldn't make it to the semis. And only few people remember Dravid's 461 runs.

He scored 153 against New Zealand (a world record partnership with Tendulkar). But People talked about Tendulkar's 186.

He scored 180 in 2nd innings after being asked to follow on against mighty Aussies in 2001, but got unnoticed because of Laxman's 281 and Bhajji's hat-trick.

He scored 50 of 22 balls, the second fastest fifty by an Indian in an ODI against New Zealand in 2003. A very unlikely Dravid innings, but in the same match Sachin and Sehwag scored hundred and Dravid’s innings got unnoticed.

He scored 270 at Rawalpindi in 2004, and this is second highest score by an Indian outside India, but highest score by an Indian outside India came in the very same series against Pakistan, Sehwag's 309.

Very few know that India holds the record in consecutive wins while chasing - 17 wins. Out of which 15 wins were captained by Dravid.

TOP 10 PLAYERS WITH MOST CONSECUTIVE ODI INNINGS WITHOUT A DUCK:

1.       Rahul Dravid - 120 INNINGS

2.       Martin Crowe - 119 INNINGS

3.       Kepler Wessels - 105* INNINGS

4.       Javed Miandad - 96 INNINGS

5.       Richie Richardson - 92* INNINGS

6.       Mohammad Yousuf - 92* INNINGS

7.       AB de Villiers - 90 INNINGS

8.       Dean Jones - 88 INNINGS

9.       Michael Hussey - 88 INNINGS

10.   Graham Gooch - 86 INNINGS

Dravid’s last matches all ended in a loss

·         Last ODI-Lost vs Eng

·         Last Test-Lost vs Aus

·         Last T20I-Lost vs Eng

·         Last T20-Lost vs MI

“Not all dreams come true, But if you have a dream, You have to give it your best shot”

His life taught me that you may not be the cynosure of the match but you can be the reason behind it!