Kent still considers Rahul Dravid as one of its own – Cricket News Update
Following his impressive run at the recently concluded Test series against the English hosts, despite his team’s complete whitewash, veteran batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 go in vain after the star batter managed to earn some commendable
praises from his English County side, Kent. Players and fans of the county still consider Dravid as one of their own despite the Indian’s 11 years of exile from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kent-c802.
Remembering Dravid’s run with Kent, the team’s former pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shane-Keith-Warne-c89672 at Portsmouth that season when the Wizard of Oz tried everything to plot his downfall. Dravid had a
70-odd in the first innings and absolutely brilliant century in the second”.
“Dravid tended to keep low on the ball and since he also tried to play with soft hands, it was inevitable he was rapped and hit quite often on his fingers.”
McCague also went on to speak about Dravid being a composed person, both, on the field as well as off it which mainly won the hearts of many and this was quite evident through the batsman’s fair numbers with Kent scoring a total of 1221 runs from 16 matches
including two centuries; which in reality did not come as a exceptional statistic for a world class batsman.
However, according to Dravid’s Kent fans and mates, it was the player’s sporting spirit that made him a solid member of the County.
McCague, the former spearhead, went on lauding the Indian and revealed that Dravid even took time out for youngsters, assisting them in any way needed and wrapped up his comments stating that along with Sri Lankan batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pinnaduwage-Aravinda-de-Silva-c82298, Dravid was the
most popular cricketing imports of the last generation to Kent.
However, be it Kent or India, Dravid surely stands out as a star batsman, a title one may hand over to the Indian following 15 years worth of impressive cricketing.
During http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750’s recent humiliating 4-0 loss against the English hosts, Dravid stood out from the lot as the only contributing batsman for the visiting team.
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