Dravid in the one-dayers
Rahul Dravid’s recall to ODI and T20 during the England tour was an afterthought, a desperate move to squelch the English bowling attack and secure a bruised Indian team states an editorial in the Indian Express
Akhila Ranganna
25-Feb-2013
Rahul Dravid’s recall to ODI and T20 during the England tour was an afterthought, a desperate move to squelch the English bowling attack and secure a bruised Indian team states an editorial in the Indian Express. It, in the end, turned out to be one last glorious chance to witness the Dravid-ian aesthetics in one-dayers, to record in every cricketing brain those three consecutive sixes in his first and last T20 match, to say proper, tearful goodbyes.
In an interview to Indian Express, he said, “You never get a chance to choose how you make your debut and you never get a chance to choose how you will finish. It’s life.” What Dravid left out is what happens, what you choose to do, between the first and the last match, that gruelling self-actualisation of greatness that takes place in the middle, on every hallowed cricket ground, in every nondescript session at the nets
Akhila Ranganna is assistant editor (Audio) at ESPNcricinfo