Rahul Dravid recalls his favourite moments at Eden Gardens– Cricket News Update
On completing his 36th ton in Test career, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dravid-c2229 recalls his most memorable moments at the Eden Gardens Stadium while terming the game of cricket as funny.
His 119 on the opening day of the second Test match just again showed the class possessed by the veteran, who has had a simply sensational year with the bat, which includes centuries on a winless tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, where the rest of the Men In Blue contingent
faltered badly.
So far this year, the 38-year-old has played in 10 Test matches, scored 952 runs at an impressive average of 59.50. Recalling his playing days, it has not been easy sailing for the The Wall, who had to suffer from a loss of form in different phases of his
career and questioned his own place in the side.
"It feels like I'm in good form, in a good space with my game and mentally as well," he said after making 119 on an opening day dominated by the bat. "I'm just trying to make it count. I've been through some tough times in the past and cricket's a funny
game."
While once a famous venue for attracting crowd in access of 80,000, the Eden Gardens witnessed a substantial decrease where figures estimate that only 1000 people came in for the start of the second Test between the hosts and the Windies.
While terming it a sad part of modern day cricket, Dravid still recalls the magical atmosphere of the yesteryear where he has played a couple of unforgettable knocks. In 2001, he partnered with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/VVS-Laxman-c2772 to built a 376-run stand against the Aussies, while
the same venue witnessed him scoring centuries in either innings of a Test match against Pakistan.
Those centuries helped Dravid resurrect his career, and while his recent one did not carry that importance; it still helped him to re-ignite his partnership with Laxman.
"The other three centuries [at Eden Gardens] - the 180 made with Laxman and the hundreds in both innings against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 [March 2005] are very dear to me, because they were match-deciders," he said. "I'd say this was relatively the easiest."
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