dravid

Rahul Dravid is the pillar of Indian Cricket and he has proved it once again. His unbeaten 177 against Sri Lanka in the first test at Ahmedabad, is testimony to his moniker, The Wall. He rose to the occasion, only like how champions do, and produced a free flowing innings to push Sri Lanks against the wall. His innings was paced very briskly and included 26 hits to the fence and one beyond it. It came at a time when India had managed to dig themselves a hole early morning, on day 1.

Dravid was ably supported by Yuvaraj Singh and MS Dhoni, with the latter scoring his second ton in Tests. Yuvaraj was a picture of his usual free flowing self and neither the stage nor the situation seemed to daunt him. Not even when Muralitharan tested him repeatedly. It was Murali who eventually got him out, but not before the rescue act was in place.

The stage was set for Dhoni- a flat track, known opposition, a near crisis like situation and Dhoni thrives in such milieu. He prodcued a free flowing innings of 110, and was out shortly before close of play.

All the while, “The Wall” kept going steadily and never looked like getting out. The Lankan bowling was completely at his mercy.  Dravid indicated that 500 would be possible to reach from this stage, which only means that yet another double hundred by the man is in store on Day 2.