Rahul Dravid: India's Gregory Peck

Tom Alter, writing in Firstpost.com, says in the second innings of India's first Test against West Indies, Rahul Dravid played the way only a champion can play.

He has never missed a series for personal reasons – very seldom for injuries – he wicket-kept when the team needed him – he has taken catches others would not even have reached – he has always been there – always. And as Gambhir and Sehwag and Sachin and Zaheer and Yuvraj nurse injuries and egoes, he is still there – in the middle, doing his job, Gary Cooper at sundown.

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan, in his blog, says an ideal Dravid innings needs a most challenging pitch.

If it’s a batting beauty with the ball coming on to the bat, give me Sehwag or Laxman; if there’s a truly great array of bowlers set to be unleashed, give me Tendulkar. If it’s a minefield, give me Dravid. Great bowlers and a taut state of the match are a bonus.