He is reserved and reticent. But he is also perhaps, India’s most thinking cricketer. Here’s a rare glimpse into the mind of Rahul Dravid. From Hindustan Times:
If you had spoken to Rahul Dravid during his last weeks as Indian captain, or tried to get in touch with him soon after he stepped down from the job, with a short, crisp statement and little else by way of explanation, you would have known a man with the weight of the world on his shoulders.
It has now been nine months since that fateful day, and many significant things have happened in Dravid’s life since. He has lost his place in the one-day team, and has matured enough to realise that this is not merely an issue of form – unless there is a dramatic change in policy, and simultaneous injuries to three or four young one-day batsman, he is not going to get a look-in. He has shepherded the Bangalore team – where he is highest-paid as the icon player – to second-last place in the inaugural Indian Premier League, in the middle of having mud slung at him by Vijay Mallya, the high-profile and occasionally petulant owner of the team. Oh, and yes, Dravid has gone past 10,000 Test runs, joining one of cricket’s most elite clubs.
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