Rahul Dravid fears an England repeat down under - Cricket News Update
After back to back Test defeats against Australia, India’s middle order mainstay, Rahul Dravid fears the ongoing itinerary might turn out to be a repeat of the nightmarish tour of England last year, where the Indian’s not only returned home winless but
also surrendered their number one Test status to a 4-0 whitewash.
Speaking to the media ahead of the third Test to be played in Perth from Friday, the 39-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Madhya-Pradesh-c809 cricketer urged his side to show some fight in the remainder of the series to avoid anoter debacle.
"It's important we don't go down the same route. Hope we can fight back and play better cricket,” said Dravid who turned 39 yesterday. “ We had our moment in Melbourne...we need to take heart from it. It's important for us we don't go down the route of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013,"
he insisted.
India couldn’t win a single game in any format during its disastrous tour of England last summer. Back then, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 has almost the same playing XI that led it to the world
number one Test status, especially the batting line up laced with the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/VVS-Laxman-c2772. Not only this, they all seem to be in excellent form posing a threat to the opposition.
After a successful 2011 season, which saw him compiling 1145 Test runs at an average of 57.25, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 attack in the ongoing series. His 68 in the first innings of Melbourne Test was followed by
figures of 10, 5 and 29 in the rest of the three innings.
Dravid told reporters that he has been working on his batting over the past week and is hopeful of making an impact in Perth.
"I am definitely working on a few things,” said Dravid. “When you get out bowled three times you do think about it. I've worked on a few things but it isn't anything major,” he added.
India trails the series 0-2 with the third Test starting at WACA tomorrow, January 13.
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