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The Great Wall of India

by B.V.Swagath

Rawalpindi, venue for the third and deciding test of the historic series, an opportunity for India to win a series abroad after a long gap; can the Indian team hold on to their nerves to win this deciding test? We have seen this team not winning a test series abroad even after showing early promise in the tours of Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, West Indies, England and recently Australia. But after winning the toss and putting the inexperienced Pakistan batting line up on a green top - it was the ideal start to their tryst towards a test and a series victory.

Pakistan batsmen failed to deliver the goods and fell cheaply to the young Indian brigade of Balaji, Pathan and Nehra. The home side may have been bowled out for a modest 224, but the Indian batsmen had to shield from any complacency and bat Pakistan out of the match. Shoaib Akthar and his team mates may have thought that they had created shivers in the Indian dressing room by sending the dangerous Sehwag back with the first ball. But with a determined Rahul Dravid, who was focused enough to bat long enough to secure the match for India, Pakistan were always in a strife. Ball after ball, Dravid was closing his eyes for a second and was focusing and refocusing on his mission. With a solid and technically sound batsman in Rahul Dravid at the crease, millions of Indians would have relaxed with great comfort. And little Parthiv Patel, learning from his senior partner, played according to the merit of the ball and ensured that India saw the new ball terror without any hurdles. Read more....

 

Statistics of Rahul Dravid's Career :

 
    M    I   NO    Runs    HS     Ave     SR    100  50   Ct  St
   122  210  26   10098   270    54.88   41.94   25  51  172   0

  Balls    M     R     W    Ave    BBI   5   10    SR    Econ
   120     4    39     1   39.00  1-18   0    0  120.00  1.95	

    M    I    NO   Runs   HS    Ave     SR    100   50   Ct   St
   333  308   40  10585  153  39.49   71.22    12   81  193   14

   Balls    M    R     W    Ave     BBI    4w  5w   SR   Econ
    186     1   170    4   42.50   2-43     0   0  46.5  5.48