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‘Wish I could be reborn as Viru’ - Dravid
Nagpur, Nov 22, DH News Service:
'I wish I could be reborn as Viru one day,' Rahul Dravid laughed on Monday evening, a couple of hours after making a monumental 191 on day three of the final Test against New Zealand.
The elegant right-handed batted for nine and a half hours for his runs which, he acknowledged, had taken a lot out of him physically and mentally. “At any stage in my career, batting long has taken a lot out of me,” he noted. “While I love and enjoy batting long periods of time -- I guess I have to bat long periods if I have to score runs! -- I wish I could be reborn as Viru (Sehwag) one day. That would be nice!
“But that’s the way I play,” he said of his measured approach. “That’s me. I like the contest. I like to look at the game not immediately, but 2-3 days ahead. I see if I can build a platform, score some big runs now and see the impact it can have in 2-3 days time as the game progresses. It does take a lot out of you physically, mentally, emotionally; it always has. That’s something I have worked on and enjoyed doing it in some ways.”
Dravid admitted that, at 37, it was inevitable that talk of his future would crop up from time to time if he failed to score in a couple of innings. “You accept the pressure,” he said, candidly. “You know you have to do well at this stage. I don’t think about failure or what people are saying. I give it my best effort.
“You do expect that when you are at a certain age, when you don’t do well, people are going to ask questions. It’s part of being a sportsman. You have to accept it, you can’t complain about it; the only thing to do is keep scoring runs. As long as the team is supporting and backing you, that’s all you can ask for. That’s just part and parcel of being an international cricketer and I have never had any complains about it. All I can ask myself is whether I am giving the best I can, whether I am preparing as well as I can, whether I am ticking all the boxes -- be it physical, technical skills, mental preparation ,in terms of how I am feeling emotionally and spiritually.”
Dravid stressed on the satisfaction he had derived from putting India in a position of strength. “It’s satisfying and nice for me to complete the job,” he remarked. “You see the end result – it’s something I haven’t done for a while. But the credit must go to our bowlers because they got them out for 193. Hopefully now, we can control this Test and try and get them out tomorrow and day after.”
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http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/32772/The-statistics-of-victories
The statistics of victories
Bangalore, Mon, Nov 22 2010 , by Saurabh Somani
The third India-New Zealand Test has seen the balance of power restored thus far, with India completely dominant and New Zealand facing a battle they are unlikely to win to even draw the Test match. The architects of India's dominance at the start were the bowlers. Without Zaheer Khan, Sreesanth and Ishant rose to the occasion magnificently and gladdened the hearts of those Indian fans who are looking ahead at the tour to South Africa, where the trio of Zaheer, Ishant and Sreesanth will be vitally needed.
On Day 3, Indian fans had even more reason to smile, with Rahul Dravid being the principal cause. His career has seen rather more ups and downs in the past 3 years than he has normally been accustomed to [which was explored in the The Phases of Rahul Dravid], but this was an innings that had Dravid close to his best. And Dravid at his best is exactly what India need if they want a successful South African journey. More so, in fact, than any of the other stalwarts in the Indian batting line-up. If history is anything to go by, Dravid's best is going to be more important than those of either Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman or even Sachin Tendulkar.
Since India played its first Test match in 1932, the Indian team has won a total of 35 Test matches away from home. The startling thing about this statistic is not the low number of victories, but how they are spread out. From 1932-1999, the Indian team won a grand total of 13 Test matches away from home. 13 Test victories in 68 years! It was from 2000 onwards that Indian cricket underwent a sea-change - one that started with Sourav Ganguly and John Wright assuming charge - and started winning regularly away from home. The result is that in this decade alone, India has 22 Test victories overseas. A few of those have come against the relatively weaker sides of Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. Taking those out of the equation, India has won 13 matches away from home - the same number as they won in the first 68 years of playing the game.
This has been possible because India has been truly lucky to have a galaxy of batting greats whose careers have all coincided, which has off-set India's much poorer bowling resources. And amongst the batsmen, none has shone brighter than Rahul Dravid, as the table below illustrates.
Performance in overseas Test wins since January 1, 2000 (excluding Zimbabwe and Bangladesh)
Matches Innings Not Outs Runs Average 100s 50s
Rahul Dravid 13 23 3 1398 69.90 3 7
Sachin Tendulkar 11 18 1 1068 62.82 4 3
Virender Sehwag 10 16 1 908 60.53 3 1
VVS Laxman 12 19 2 965 56.76 2 7
Sourav Ganguly 9 16 4 617 51.42 1 5
MS Dhoni 6 9 0 169 18.78 0 0
Note: I have not included Gautam Gambhir's stats in the table above since he figures in only 2 Test matches amongst the parameters set, which is too few to draw any reasonable conclusions.
This table is all the more remarkable because it includes the 2007-08 period in which Dravid was struggling to put bat to ball - a period in which India won four Tests, with Dravid having only one significant innings across them. That he still comes out on top in the averages is a testament to just how good (and therefore how vital) he has been to India's victories abroad.
However, apart from Dravid, all of India's main batsmen have considerably lifted their performances in Indian wins, as is evident by their averages. All of them - bar Dhoni - have averages that are higher than their career averages. This is particularly evident if one sees the overall record of the batsmen in the period from January 1, 2000 till the end of the second Test against New Zealand.
Overall performance since January 1, 2000 (excluding against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh)
Matches Innings Not Outs Runs Average 100s 50s
Rahul Dravid 97 173 20 7677 50.18 19 37
Sachin Tendulkar 87 149 13 6829 50.21 19 33
Virender Sehwag 76 133 4 7124 55.22 22 22
VVS Laxman 91 151 26 6672 53.38 15 42
Sourav Ganguly 68 117 11 3962 37.38 6 19
MS Dhoni 47 72 7 2455 37.77 4 16
Gautam Gambhir 29 54 3 2389 46.84 7 10
While it serves to illustrate how India's stalwarts have lifted their games in victories, this table is also instructive otherwise. Most evident is the fact that Virender Sehwag and VVS Laxman both have very high averages. While most batsmen would naturally feast on the weaker bowling attacks of Zimbabwe and Bangladesh, it is reassuring to see that this is not true for Laxman and Sehwag. The theory of Sehwag batting the way he does irrespective of the opponent or the conditions seems to hold true, while Laxman's high average also bears out his propensity to lift his game against tougher opponents. Tendulkar and Dravid have almost identical averages, which are both above 50 - considered to be the watermark for great batsmen.
To round off the stats for the past decade and add to the table of away victories, here are the tables for the Indian batsmen's performances in home victories and for victories overall (both home and away) in the same time period and with the same parameters.
Performance in home victories since January 1, 2000 (excluding Zimbabwe and Bangladesh)
Matches Innings Not Outs Runs Average 100s 50s
Rahul Dravid 19 33 7 1635 62.88 5 7
Sachin Tendulkar 20 34 6 1750 62.50 6 9
Virender Sehwag 16 28 1 1662 61.56 4 9
VVS Laxman 19 29 4 1490 59.60 3 11
Sourav Ganguly 12 20 1 661 34.79 1 2
MS Dhoni 13 18 4 830 59.29 2 7
Gautam Gambhir 10 18 0 594 33.00 2 2
Performance in victories overall since January 1, 2000 (excluding Zimbabwe and Bangladesh)
Matches Innings Not Outs Runs Average 100s 50s
Rahul Dravid 32 56 10 3033 65.93 8 14
Sachin Tendulkar 31 52 7 2818 62.62 10 12
Virender Sehwag 26 44 2 2570 61.19 7 10
VVS Laxman 31 48 6 2455 58.45 5 18
Sourav Ganguly 21 36 5 1278 41.23 2 7
MS Dhoni 19 27 4 999 43.43 2 7
Gautam Gambhir 12 22 1 826 39.33 2 5
What is most evident from these two tables is that Rahul Dravid tops the averages here too - albeit by a narrower margin than he does the 'Away' table. However, the fact that Dravid's average in every combination of victories for India is the highest shows how important he has been to India.
A final table, illustrating each of the batsmen's averages in the three tables that depict wins as a percentage of their overall average further confirms that Dravid's raising his game is the most crucial factor in an Indian victory:
Percentage figures of Averages in wins over normal Average
Average % - Overseas Average % - Home Average % - Overall
Rahul Dravid 139.31% 125.33% 131.41%
Sachin Tendulkar 125.11% 124.47% 124.71%
Virender Sehwag 109.61% 111.46% 110.80%
VVS Laxman 106.35% 111.66% 109.51%
Sourav Ganguly 137.56% 93.08% 110.30%
MS Dhoni 49.72% 156.97% 115.00%
Gautam Gambhir N.A. 70.45% 83.97%
MS Dhoni is most often compared with Sourav Ganguly for his captaincy and the success India has enjoyed under him, but the contrast between Ganguly and Dhoni is marked. While Ganguly raised his game considerably in victories abroad, his performance in victories at home was underwhelming - and the exact opposite is true of Dhoni. Sehwag and Laxman have raised their games by a steady amount in both home and away victories, while Tendulkar has raised it by a significant level. But once again, Dravid stands out. In particular the amount by which his average in 'Away' wins has exceeded his normal average stands out.
Which is why, Rahul Dravid's scoring 191 and looking like a million dollars while doing it, may just be the best news an Indian fan could get with a vitally important 'Away' series coming up.
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