Fifteen for Dravid

Rahul Dravid completes 15 years in Test cricket today (June 20). Sanjjeev K Samyal in the Hindustan Times tracks Dravid's journey.

"During the 1996-97 tour of South Africa, Rahul got a call that his father had to undergo a bypass surgery. It's tough to imagine what he was going through in that situation. We could make out that he was very disturbed but the way he separated personal turmoil from responsibility was amazing. He came out and played an extraordinary innings, hitting Allan Donald all over the park at the Wanderers, Johannesburg. Good news or bad news, he is able to shut out completely from the world. The ability to channel all that energy and focus on the thing you love is what makes Dravid so special," says Srinath.