Dravid..... Dravid.... Dravid! Just been astonishingly wondering how history seems to keep repeating for him! First, the whole captaincy saga that unfolded few months was so eerily similar to the Ganguly-Chappell saga of 2004-05 and Dravid was in the thick of it, being the incumbent taking over! And now this nostalgic take back to that infamous 194* of Sachin in Multan, and Dravid is again in the thick of it, being the head coach!
At that time in 2004, I supported the idea of declaring at 194 because we were playing a strong Pakistan side and that too in their home conditions (even though we routed them up in that Multan test pretty easy). But this time, I am not so sure it made sense to declare at 175 while we are playing at home against a Sri Lankan side that (due respect to their country, past players & fans) just always feels like a walkover these days with their fall in cricketing standards. Maybe Jaddu could've been given the opportunity today to reach his double ton and he'd have been aggressive. I saw Jaddu's end of day statement that he asked for the declaration, but it could also be a damage control statement to avoid a more stronger "Multan 2004 rewind"
At that time in 2004, I supported the idea of declaring at 194 because we were playing a strong Pakistan side and that too in their home conditions (even though we routed them up in that Multan test pretty easy). But this time, I am not so sure it made sense to declare at 175 while we are playing at home against a Sri Lankan side that (due respect to their country, past players & fans) just always feels like a walkover these days with their fall in cricketing standards. Maybe Jaddu could've been given the opportunity today to reach his double ton and he'd have been aggressive. I saw Jaddu's end of day statement that he asked for the declaration, but it could also be a damage control statement to avoid a more stronger "Multan 2004 rewind"
