"A Phenomenal Batsman and a great human being. If you can't get along with Dravid ,then you are struggling in life" -Brett Lee
First of all I would like to tell that I am a die hard devotee of Rahul Dravid. I bunked classes to see him playing ,cut newspaper ,magazines to collect his photos ,surfed Internet a lot to know what's going on with him and all.Since the very first day I spotted Rahul Dravid on the pitch ,he has been my Idol.
Why do i love Dravid so much although there are many players who are more gifted ,who are more aggressive ? The world may have the players who comes into the middle in an arrogant way and think that they can hit the ball out of the ground but seriously for me it does't matter you can hit the ball or not but the thing matters is can you pick your team out of the dangerous situation and make it superior in the Match,I found Dravid posses this quality and that is the reason i like him so much. Besides being a cricketer Dravid is a great human being , he knows the way to live life.
There are some persons in this world who wants to be second ,they just play their role from the out side of the mainstream ,people do not recognize them .These person believe in team work and always give a higher priority to it than their own achievements. It is a no matter question for them what spectators thinks about them.I think Sir Rahul Dravid belong to the same category.
I don't know the specific Match but may be it was India's Australian tour of 2004.I was watching the Match on Television I saw a spectator holding a placard and i feel "Proud" yeah can't explain the feelings!!!
It was like "People consider Sachin as the God of Cricket ,Ganguly is known as God next to off side, Laxman is God of forth Innings but when the doors of the temple are closed even God himself behind The WALL ".Amazing ...!!! Superb .
Rahul's struggles and triumphs on the Cricket pitch inspired my own life Story and even drove it some times. Every battle he fought ,gave me inspiration .It encouraged me to shake away the inadequancies.
All i can say in one line about Rahul Dravid as a cricketer is that "Rahul Dravid had a way of putting you at ease or making your life miserable - depending on which side you were on".
But when it comes to a person ,I feel there is no word that can define Rahul Dravid ,an amazing person with amazing thoughts ,cool behavior and most importantly a man of Team. When India needed an extra batsman in the playing eleven ,he did wicket keeping ,when India needed a Captain he was there.when India needed an opener who can play on the wet and bouncy pitches of oversees ,he opened .
Now as Rahul hung up his boots it would be very difficult for Team India to find his replacement .Guys like Virat Kohli, Suresh Rena and Manoj Tivari are doing well but can they really fill the place of "The Wall",let's see but for that they will have to work harder then hardest .I think the whole cricketing fraternity is now looking for their Rahul Dravid.
Thank You so much Sir Rahul Dravid . I think it is because of the players like you,Cricket is called "Gentlemen's Game".
-Govind
-Govind
