Rahul Dravid - The Forgotten Hero - Completes 15 years of Test Cricket

[sifter132]

There's another article up on cricinfo - a stats one:
The Numbers Game: Welcome back Rahul Dravid | Regulars | Cricinfo Magazine | ESPN Cricinfo

It has a REALLY interesting table down the bottom - most runs in partnerships in Test cricket. Rahul Dravid the the all-time leader, yes ahead of Sachin even. It's about time that cricket statisticians recognise partnerships a bit more, as cricket is seen in the stats world as an individual game - and I'm not so sure it is. Most of it is individual, yes, but being able to bat and bowl in partnerships is an often overlooked attribute. Coaches and captains mention it a lot, but you never see any stats on it.

Personally, I think guys who really dominate partnerships eg. Sehwag, probably aren't as valuable as they seem to be. Sure Sehwag might average over 50, but he might score 60%+ of the runs while he's in, so the score might only be 75 when he gets out. The team gets less out of his average of 50 than Dravid's average of 50, if you get what I mean.

 

[shravi]

Yep, was reading that article the other day. I agree with what you're saying.

Perhaps a Dravid is a necessity while a Sehwag is a luxury. You don't absolutely have to score that fast in test cricket. Sure he gets into the head of a couple of bowlers and that may cause them to err in line and length but stats wise, it's not discernible.

 

[Cricketman]

Congrats to Dravid. Topped off 15 years and 150 tests with a century and MOM performance. Whattaplayer.

Easily my favorite player (tied with Sachin, of course ). What a fantastic role model to have while growing up.

 

[Fenil]

Rahul Dravid-The Wall is one of the finest batsmen when it comes to playing copy book style. Congratulations to Dravid. The thread is aptly titled "Rahul Dravid- The Forgotten Hero"

 

[AkshayS]

My favourite Indian batsman after Tendulkar, like Shravi said, his last 2 years were very non-Dravid like but he showed his class in WI test recently.
A LEGEND really.

 

[War]

My favourite Indian batsman after Tendulkar, like Shravi said, his last 2 years were very non-Dravid like but he showed his class in WI test recently.
A LEGEND really.

Was that really as case of him showing his class or him taking advantage of a let off after looking scratchy for the entire test up to that point?

Since lets be fair Dravid since he lost the captaincy in 2007 has managed to score hundreds against the average teams such as NZ, SRI & one some really flat pitches.

It against the top teams bowling attacks in testing conditons (see his failures vs AUS & SA recently) that he has looked awful in. So i'll wait until the England tour is over to say whether he is turning a corner.

 

[Fenil]

I think the fact that Rahul Dravid now plays only tests and India plays very less test matches, people tend to forgot the consisten performances of guys Dravid and Laxman as there is too much gap between two test series.

 

[Papa_Smurf]

India plays very less test matches

Again, lol what? India is one the nations that plays the most tests.

 

[riz7khan12]

guess if you compare with how much odi/t20/ipl they play it is considerably small.

but then its the same for every country these days, especially for nz.

 

[Papa_Smurf]

guess if you compare with how much odi/t20/ipl they play it is considerably small.

but then its the same for every country these days, especially for nz.

Exactly.

 

[Fenil]

Again, lol what? India is one the nations that plays the most tests.

No, they don't. Australia and England play most tests. Anyways, considering the amount of matches of other formats are being played, the performances of players who play just test matches are forgotten by the people very soon.

If Laxman failed in one more test, everybody would start criticizing of his form but no one remembers that he has consistently performed over the last year or so. Thats what I'm trying to say.