Dravid proves his class with another ton
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rahul-c83321 Dravid is undoubtedly one of the greats of Indian cricket, and even at the twilight of a glittering career he keeps piling on the runs in the longest format of the game.
His hunger for runs was again at the fore as he smashed 191 runs against the tiring and jaded New Zealand attack on day three of the third and final test match at Nagpur.
After the epic knock Dravid was a relieved man as he silenced his critics for the umpteenth time in one of the most productive test career for a batsman around the world.
Having scored all around the world and helped http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 to some of its most famous test wins, Dravid is not concerned about how the media and the Indian public treat him, for him it is a matter of personal satisfaction.
"You do accept that when you are at a certain age and don't do well, people are going to ask questions," Dravid said. "When you are 23 or 24, certain questions are asked of you and when you are 37 or 38, the questions are different. Its part of being a sportsman
and you can't complain about it. The only thing to do is to keep scoring runs. As long as the team is backing you, that's all you can ask for."
The man from Bangalore who is also known as “The Wall” for his stubborn batting approach where he refuses to give away an inch claims that he was still enjoying top class cricket and representing his country at the highest level which he feels is one of
the greatest pleasures of life for him.
"You accept the pressure and know you have to do well," Dravid said. "I don't think about failure or what people are saying. That's just a part and parcel of being an international cricketer and I have never had any complaints about
it. There are four or five boxes I need to tick every time [before a game]," Physical fitness, technical skills, mental preparation, and how I am feeling emotionally and spiritually. Sometimes you get the results, sometimes you don't. That's life, that's sport."
The right hander has accumulated runs in real testing times for his country and although the century at Nagpur was compiled in a relatively easy situation, Dravid rated it as one of his better ones.
He hit a total of 26 fours in his innings and later claimed that it was a real tough task to score runs against the disciplined http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 attack that kept probing away despite the lack of ammunition in their attack.
Dravid is set to go past Brian Lara in the list for the highest run makers in test cricket and hopes to finish amongst the top three when he hangs his gloves.
He has a tally of 11,943 runs which is a mere ten short of the tally by the West Indian genius.
He has also scored 31 test centuries and is aiming to add at least five more before the end of his career; the ace batsman has also acknowledged that there are many players looking to replace him in the test team which augurs well
for the future of test cricket in the country.
Dravid was rated as the second best player amongst the Indian “Fab-four” comprising of him, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Venkat Laxman.
Tendulkar is still miles ahead of the rest given the incredible stats that he possesses, he shared a century stand with Dravid at Nagpur and missed out on a staggering 50th test hundred, however just like Dravid his thirst
for runs has not been quenched yet.
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