http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nasser-Hussain-c78777 believes Rahul Dravid's remarkable batting is a lesson for his teammates – Cricket News Update
Nasser Hussain, the former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rahul-c83321 Dravid’s superb batting in the ongoing fourth-Test against English is a lesson for his own teammates.
Dravid, while batting in his side’s first innings, played an outstanding unbeaten knock of 146 off 266 balls, including 20 boundaries. His big innings helped India score 300 runs for the first time in the ongoing Test series.
"It is one thing to score runs when everything is in the batsman's favour on flat pitches but it is quite another to do it when everyone around you are losing their heads and failing," Hussain wrote in his statement.
None of his other teammates even crossed fifty in the first batting innings of fourth game; http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IR-Bell-c1597 off Tim Bresnan’s delivery.
The opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556, who is a great inspiration for Dravid, went to the pavilion for just scoring
23 runs off 34 balls, including four fours.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026, off the bowling of Swann.
"For Dravid to stand up the way he has speaks volumes for his mental strength and character and he has been entirely selfless too in opening the batting when others, for whatever reason, have been unable to,” added Naseer.
Dravid has been giving significant performances throughout the series, taking all responsibility on his shoulders. In the tourists’ 196-run defeat against the English in the first Test match, the right-handed batsman also helped
his side by his unbeaten 103. While in the second Test match against the hosts, which India lost by a margin of 319 runs, he hit 117 runs off 235 balls, including fifteen fours.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 lost the third Test match at Edgbaston by an innings and 242 runs, which saw them losing their top spot on ICC’s rankings for Test.
The visitors are currently trailing the fourth Test by 162 runs and seven wickets and will play its final-day game today at The Oval, London.
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