http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dravid-c2229 still gets butterflies in his stomach when he goes out to bat – Cricket News Update
Former Indian captain, Rahul Dravid, is amongst the best modern day batsmen in the longer version of the sport but the ‘wall of India’ has admitted that he still feels pressure when he steps into the field.
Dravid, who is now considered as a Test specialist, has joined the Indian team in the Caribbean recently, to play the three-match Test series.
The 38-year-old top order batsman has played 150 Test matches for his country but revealed that he still has butterflies in his stomach when he goes out to bat.
“I am relaxed, but there is always pressure to go and score runs, irrespective of who you are. You want to make a contribution. When I go into a game, I am still nervous. That never changes, whether I am playing my first game or my 151st,” shared the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Owais-Alam-Shah-c80369
Test batsman.
Dravid was the captain of the Indian team in the disastrous http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni-c73820 in the
shorter formats.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Karnataka-c801 batsman has scored more than 12 thousand runs in Test cricket at an outstanding average of 52.44 runs per over. On top of that, he has more than 10 thousand runs in One Day International cricket as well, which speaks volumes about his abilities
as a high-class batsman.
Dravid has represented Royal Challengers Bangalore and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 Royals in the Indian Premier League, however, he has never played a T20 international for his country.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 earlier this year and Dravid admits that it is tough to adjust after a while.
However, he is excited about the upcoming Test series’ against the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c749 later this year.
“It has been five-six months that we played a Test match. There has been a bit of
http://www.inewsone.com/tag/ipl in between. It is a challenge to keep it going but the good thing from my point of view is that we have got seven Test matches in a row now,” Dravid added.
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