So who do you think is the best Indian test cricketer ever? There are a lot of choices to choose from. Right from Ranjeet Singhji, Mansoor ali khan patuadi to Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar. But when it comes to Test cricket there is only one name ‘Rahul Sharad Dravid’
While it would be impossible to evaluate each one of them quantitatively and qualitatively you can just pitch in with your preferences. Each one of these players played in a different era all together. Some had great technique, some excelled in the courage of conviction, some of them excelled in their timing and variety of shots. Each one of them had qualities absolutely unique and different from others. The one important quality they all had was the sheer greatness and magic.
If someone asks me an opinion then I would still rate Rahul Dravid as one of the biggest stalwarts of great. That’s my personal opinion. I have seen this guy play for his country for nearly 16 years and I never got a feeling that he didn’t offer his best. Obviously, Dravid is one of technically best batsman in the world. Now you can’t just compare him with any others in his generation. Sachin Tendulkar truly dominated more than 2 decades because of his sheer class and quantity of runs he scored. We all respect him for that. But when you ask me who is a better test cricketer, my answer would always be Dravid. He didn’t have the flamboyance of Tendulkar but he was there when the team needed him. He stood like a real wall when India needed him.
Not only that, he willingly performed all roles that his team wanted him. Ask him to keep behind the wickets when the team needed a wicket keeper batsman or captaining the side when the team needed a senior player to perform the role.
Dravid was a true charisma that enlightened Indian cricket from 1996 -2012. My personal feeling is that we might have another bradman or a Lara but we would never have a Dravid again.
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