DRAVID 'THE WALL'

              Phani Siddha

@ Super Sixty IAS Academy

                   Hyd



Hey, Rahul, here's the 'keeper's gloves. Hey, Rahul, will you open the innings today? But, no, Rahul, wait a minute ... maybe you can bat at No. 4. Hey, hold it. What about No. 6?  No other player as good as Dravid has ever been “used”' with such cruel disregard for the man's self-respect in the entire history of Indian cricket. But these things hardly mattered to him. For, Dravid was the ultimate team-man in a very selfish sport and in the most selfish era in the history of professional sport.


What a man! Tenacity, courage, resourcefulness, selflessness and the willingness to sacrifice for the team's sake…the man had everything.


 Altruism is vanishingly rare in sport. But Dravid was a natural-born altruist. 




By Nirmal Shekhar
in Hindu