Rahul Dravid, batting stalwart, showed us once again why he is known as Mr. Consistent.He is in sparkling form in both 20-20 and ODI’s. But justice denied to this batsman of great caliber. Our blind selectors simply ignore this specialist batsman in the ODI series against Australia. They have no reasons for eliminating Dravid from ODI squad. In that series, the first down position became a gambling for Captain Dhoni. He experimented with Gambhir, Kotli and Raina, but the result was the same. In the last ODI against Australia, Indian batsmen failed to connect the swinging balls of Johnson.
The same scenario is repeated in the first test match against Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad. Young Bowler Welegedara who was playing just his second Test, destroyed the top order with swinging deliveries. India was tottering at 32/4 but recovered to post their highest score on the first day of a test match with the masterly innings from the Wall. Yuvraj and Dhoni supported Dravid with their brilliant knocks of 68 and 110.
On stumps of First day, Dravid remains unbeaten on 177 runs (26 Fours, One Six, 251 balls) and he surpassed the 11,000 mark becoming the fifth-highest run-getter in Tests.
Now let’s hope for a Double century from this stylish stroke making batsman. Good Luck Rahul.
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